Rufous-tailed weaver

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Rufous-tailed weaver
Weaver bird.jpg
Scientific classification
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Histurgops

Reichenow, 1887
Species:
H. ruficaudus
Binomial name
Histurgops ruficaudus
Reichenow, 1887

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The rufous-tailed weaver (Histurgops ruficaudus) is a species of songbird found in East Africa. Despite its name, it is placed in the sparrow family (Passeridae).[citation needed]

It is a quite unusual sparrow species, and was included in the weaver family (Ploceidae) by many authors even after the other Old World sparrows were separated from the weavers proper, hence its common name. It is placed in the monotypic genus Histurgops.

It is an endemic breeder in Tanzania, but vagrants occur in Kenya too.[citation needed]

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