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Bob-tailed weaver

The bob-tailed weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is monotypic within the genus Brachycope. It is native to the Congo Basin.

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Bob-tailed weaver
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Brachycope
Reichenow, 1900
Species:
B. anomala
Binomial name
Brachycope anomala
(Reichenow, 1887)

The bob-tailed weaver (Brachycope anomala) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is monotypic within the genus Brachycope.2 It is native to the Congo Basin.1

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  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Brachycope anomala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22719116A131990588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719116A131990588.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "ITIS Report Brachycope". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2013.