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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Pachyphantes Shelley, 1896 |
| Species: | P. superciliosus
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| Pachyphantes superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)
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Ploceus superciliosus | |
The compact weaver (Pachyphantes superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Pachyphantes. It has a highly discontinuous distribution from Senegal to Liberia, east to Ethiopia and south to Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Taxonomy
[edit]The compact weaver was formally described in 1873 as Hyphantornis superciliosus by the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley based on specimens collected in West Africa.[2][3] The specific epithet is Latin meaning "haughty" or "eyebrowed" from supercilium meaning "eyebrow".[4] The compact weaver is now the only species placed in the genus Pachyphantes that was introduced for the species by Shelley in 1896.[5][6][7] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek παχυς/pakhus meaning "large" or "thick" with ὑφαντης/huphantēs meaning "weaver".[8] A molecular genetic study of the weaverbirds published in 2017 found that the compact weaver was sister to clade containing the fodies in the genus Foudia.[9] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[7]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus superciliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22719054A94608857. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719054A94608857.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Shelley, George Ernest (1873). "Description of six new species of West-African birds". Ibis: 138-143 [140-141].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 52.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "superciliosus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Shelley, George Ernest (1896). The Birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region. Vol. 1, List. London: R.H. Porter. p. 36.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 33.
- ^ a b AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Pachyphantes". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ De Silva, T.N.; Peterson, A.T.; Bates, J.M.; Fernando, S.W.; Girard, M.G. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 21–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.013.
External links
[edit]- Compact weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
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