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Sporopipes frontalis

Sporopipes frontalis frontalis


Speckle-fronted Weaver
El Moteado de Frente Tejedor

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

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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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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 15/09/2026.