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Brown-capped weaver

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. insignis
Binomial name
*Ploceus insignis* (Sharpe, 1891)

The brown-capped weaver (Ploceus insignis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719040A94608295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719040A94608295.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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Genus	Species
Bubalornis	White-billed buffalo weaver (B. albirostris) Red-billed buffalo weaver (B. niger)
Dinemellia	White-headed buffalo weaver (D. dinemelli)
Sporopipes	Speckle-fronted weaver (S. frontalis) Scaly-feathered weaver (S. squamifrons)
Plocepasser	White-browed sparrow-weaver (P. mahali) Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver (P. superciliosus) Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver (P. rufoscapulatus) Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (P. donaldsoni)
Histurgops	Rufous-tailed weaver (H. ruficauda)
Pseudonigrita	Grey-capped social weaver (P. arnaudi) Black-capped social weaver (P. cabanisi)
Philetairus	Sociable weaver (P. socius)
Ploceus	Compact weaver (P. superciliosus) Black-chinned weaver (P. nigrimentus) Baglafecht weaver (P. baglafecht) Bertram's weaver (P. bertrandi) Slender-billed weaver (P. pelzelni) Loango weaver (P. subpersonatus) Little weaver (P. luteolus) Lesser masked weaver (P. intermedius) Spectacled weaver (P. ocularis) Bannerman's weaver (P. bannermani) Bates's weaver (P. batesi) Black-necked weaver (P. nigricollis) Black-billed weaver (P. melanogaster) Strange weaver (P. alienus) Bocage's weaver (P. temporalis) Cape weaver (P. capensis) Eastern golden weaver (P. subaureus) Holub's golden weaver (P. xanthops) Príncipe weaver (Ploceus princeps) Orange weaver (P. aurantius) Golden palm weaver (P. bojeri) Taveta weaver (P. castaneiceps) Ruvu weaver (P. holoxanthus) Southern brown-throated weaver (P. xanthopterus) Northern brown-throated weaver (P. castanops) Kilombero weaver (P. burnieri) Rüppell's weaver or Rueppell's weaver (P. galbula) Heuglin's masked weaver (P. heuglini) Northern masked weaver (P. taeniopterus) Vitelline masked weaver (P. vitellinus) Southern masked weaver (P. velatus) Katanga masked weaver (P. katangae) Lufira masked weaver (P. ruweti) Tanzanian masked weaver (P. reichardi) Village weaver (P. cucullatus) Giant weaver (P. grandis) Speke's weaver (P. spekei) Fox's weaver (P. spekeoides) Vieillot's black weaver (P. nigerrimus) Weyns's weaver (P. weynsi) Clarke's weaver (P. golandi) Black-headed weaver (P. melanocephalus) Juba weaver (P. dichrocephalus) Golden-backed weaver (P. jacksoni) Cinnamon weaver (P. badius) Chestnut weaver (P. rubiginosus) Golden-naped weaver (P. aureonucha) Yellow-mantled weaver (P. tricolor) Maxwell's black weaver (P. albinucha) Nelicourvi weaver (P. nelicourvi) Sakalava weaver (P. sakalava) Streaked weaver (P. manyar) Baya weaver (P. philippinus) Asian golden weaver (P. hypoxanthus) Finn's weaver (P. megarhynchus) Black-breasted weaver (P. benghalensis) Dark-backed weaver (P. bicolor) Preuss's weaver (P. preussi) Yellow-capped weaver (P. dorsomaculatus) Usambara weaver (P. nicolli) Olive-headed weaver (P. olivaceiceps) Brown-capped weaver (P. insignis) Bar-winged weaver (P. angolensis) São Tomé weaver (P. sanctithomae) Yellow-legged weaver (P. flavipes)
Pachyphantes	Compact weaver (P. superciliosus)
Malimbus	Red-crowned malimbe (M. coronatus) Cassin's malimbe (M. cassini) Gola malimbe (M. ballmanni) Rachel's malimbe (M. racheliae) Red-vented malimbe (M. scutatus) Ibadan malimbe (M. ibadanensis) Red-bellied malimbe (M. erythrogaster) Blue-billed malimbe (M. nitens) Crested malimbe (M. malimbicus) Red-headed malimbe (M. rubricollis)
Anaplectes	Red-headed weaver (A. rubriceps)
Brachycope	Bob-tailed weaver (B. anomala)
Quelea	Cardinal quelea (Q. cardinalis) Red-headed quelea (Q. erythrops) Red-billed quelea (Q. quelea)
Foudia	Red fody (F. madagascariensis) Comoros fody (F. eminentissima) Aldabra fody, (F. aldabrana) Forest fody (F. omissa) Mauritius fody (F. rubra) Seychelles fody (F. sechellarum) Rodrigues fody (F. flavicans)
Euplectes	Yellow-crowned bishop (E. afer) Fire-fronted bishop (E. diadematus) Black bishop (E. gierowii) Black-winged red bishop (E. hordeaceus) Northern red bishop or orange bishop (E. franciscanus) Southern red bishop or red bishop (E. orix) Zanzibar red bishop (E. nigroventris) Golden-backed bishop (E. aureus) Yellow bishop (E. capensis) Fan-tailed widowbird (E. axillaris) Yellow-mantled widowbird (E. macroura) White-winged widowbird (E. albonotatus) Red-collared widowbird (E. ardens) Marsh widowbird (E. hartlaubi) Montane widowbird (E. psammacromius) Long-tailed widowbird (E. progne) Jackson's widowbird (E. jacksoni)
Amblyospiza	Thick-billed weaver (A. albifrons)

Taxon identifiers
Ploceus insignis	Wikidata: Q1311967 Wikispecies: Ploceus insignis ADW: Ploceus_insignis Avibase: C649EA573DA8BEE0 BirdLife: 22719040 BOW: brcwea1 CoL: 4KH8K eBird: brcwea1 EURING: 34240 GBIF: 2494032 iNaturalist: 13823 IRMNG: 11182091 ITIS: 562304 IUCN: 22719040 NCBI: 441738 Observation.org: 78048 Open Tree of Life: 361716 Xeno-canto: Ploceus-insignis

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