Avibase: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota (Grosbeak Weaver (melanota))

Grosbeak Weaver (melanota)

Amblyospiza albifrons melanota (Heuglin, MT 1863)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Ploceidae
Genus:
   Amblyospiza
Scientific:
  Amblyospiza albifrons melanota

Original description

Citation:
(Heuglin, MT 1863)

Reference:
J. f. Orn. 11, no.61 p.21

Protonym:
Coryphegnatus melanotus

Type locality:
country of Kitsch negroes, Bahr el Abiad [ = Shambe district of White Nile] (Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 436).

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103973#page/33/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
E7654A866477135E

Avibase ID:
avibase-E7654A86

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E7654A86

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 919807

Geographic range:

Amblyospiza albifrons melanota: South Sudan, western and central Ethiopia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grosbeak Weaver (melanota)
French:
Amblyospize à front blanc (melanota)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grosbeak Weaver (melanota) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grosbeak Weaver (melanota) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grosbeak Weaver (melanota) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grosbeak Weaver (melanota) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grosbeak Weaver (White Nile) ( Amblyospiza albifrons melanota)
Avilist 2025: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
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Clements 5th edition (as published): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Amblyospiza albifrons melanota [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Amblyospiza albifrons

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