Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ploceus [reichardi or ruweti] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none African Bird Club Checklist 2004 (v.?) African Bird Club Checklist August 2005 (v.?) African Bird Club Checklist March 2007 (v.?) African Bird Club Checklist January 2008 (v.?) African Bird Club Checklist May 2009 (v.?) African Bird Club Checklist March 2010 (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 00 (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 01 (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 02 (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 03 (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 04 (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012) (v.?) Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012) (v.?) 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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.?) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.?) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.?) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10 (v.?) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11 (v.?) 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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: teixidor de Ruwet
Czech: Snovac zairský, snovač zairský
Danish: Lufira Maskevæver, Lufiramaskevæver
German: Ruwet Weber, Ruwetweber, Ruwet-Weber
English: Lake Lufira Masked Weaver, Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver, Lake Lufira Weaver, Lufira Masked Weaver, Lufira Masked-Weaver, Ruwet's Masked Weaver, Ruwet's Masked-Weaver
English, HBW: Lufira Masked Weaver
English (IOC): Lufira Masked Weaver
English (United States): Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver
Esperanto: Ruwet-a ploceo
Spanish: Tejedor de Lufira, Tejedor de RuwSpanish (Spain): Tejedor de Ruwet
Spanish (HBW): Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver
Finnish: Lufirankutoja
French: Malimbe de Ruwet, Tisserin de Ruwet
Croatian: smeđoprsa pletilja
Italian: Tessitore mascherato del Lufira , Tessitore mascherato di Lufira
Japanese (romaji): zaiarumengatahataori, zai-rumengatahataori
Japanese: ザイアルメンガタハタオリ, ザイールメンガタハタオリ
Kirghiz: Луфира өрмөкчүсү
Scientific: Malimbus ruweti, Ploceus reichardi ruweti, Ploceus ruweti
Lithuanian: Ruveto audėjas
Dutch: Lufiramaskerwever, Lufira-maskerwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Lufiravevar
Norwegian: Lufiravever
Polish: wiklacz bagienny, wikłacz bagienny
Portuguese: Tecelão-mascarado-de-lufira
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-de-lufira
Russian: Луфирский ткач
Slovak: pletiarka hrdzavoprsá
Swedish: Lufiravävare
Turkish: Ruwet dokumacısı
Ukrainian: Ткачик мочарний
Chinese: 卢菲拉湖黑脸织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 魯衛特氏黑臉織布鳥