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Sporopipes frontalis

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Sporopipes frontalis

(Daudin, FM, 1800)
El Moteado de Frente Tejedor

Family: Ploceidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

Synonyms: Loxia frontalis.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Source: Wikipedia, article Sporopipes frontalis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.

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2259951

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Murchison Falls Np--pakuba

4

Silvina Collado

2259966

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Pakuba Safari Lodge

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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.

EcoRegistros. 2026. Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 28/09/2026.