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Black-necked Weaver Ploceus
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Ghana The Black-necked Weaver is distributed from the Gambia in West Africa to the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya and Tanzania. It is found in a variety of wooded habitats from savanna woodland to gallery forest, forest clearings and gardens with trees. |
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The sub-species found in West Africa from the Gambia to Cameroon, P. n. brachypterus, shown here, has an olive-green back and a pale iris. The other two sub-species have black backs but only the most easterly race P. n. melanoxanthus has a black neck. | |||
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