Two Little Weaver records were submitted recently from Niger, PHOWN 18520 and PHOWN 18515.
Only 15 weaver species are found in Niger, mostly in the south as the north becomes very arid:
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Species
Latin
3718
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis albirostris
3878
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
3972
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis
805
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
806
Red-headed Quelea
Quelea erythrops
812
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
3748
Northern Red Bishop
Euplectes franciscanus
809
Black-winged Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus
815
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Euplectes macroura
816
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
3914
Heuglin's Masked Weaver
Ploceus heuglini
3922
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
797
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
3918
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolus
1187
Black-necked Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis
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