Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - HBW 15, p. 190

Taxonomy: Loxia baglafecht Daudin, 1802, Ethiopia.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with P. nigrimentus and P. bertrandi, with P. bannermani and P. batesi regarded as part of same species group. Races sometimes separated into four groups: "nominate group" (also with neumanni and eremobius) and "stuhlmanni group" (also with sharpii and nyikae), and two single-species groups represented by emini and reichenowi, respectively; these groups are sometimes treated as four distinct species, but the groups intergrade wherever they meet. Races show some striking plumage differences, and this has been used by some authors as primary criterion for separating populations at species level; also some degree of isolation where restricted to montane habitats, but no regional variations in song described. Several intermediates between populations have been proposed as additional races: fricki (described from Sidamo, in Ethiopia) is currently synonymized with nominate, budongoensis (from Busindi, near Budongo, in W Uganda) with emini, and nigrotemporalis (from Mt Elgon, in E Uganda) with reichenowi. Eight subspecies recognized.