White-headed buffalo weaver | |
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D. d. boehmi Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Dinemellia Reichenbach, 1863 |
Species: | D. dinemelli
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Binomial name | |
Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)
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The white-headed buffalo weaver or white-faced buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to East Africa.[2] The buffalo part of its name derives from its habit of following the African buffalo, feeding on disturbed insects.[3] Two subspecies are recognized.