Weavers (Ploceidae)

Cinnamon Weaver (Ploceus badius) - HBW 15, p. 172

French: Tisserin cannelle German: Schulterfleckenweber Spanish: Tejedor Canela

Taxonomy: Hyphantornis badius Cassin, 1850, Fazogli, Sudan.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with P. rubiginosus. Birds from S of range sometimes separated as race axillaris (described from Shambe district of White Nile). Monotypic.

Distribution: E & S Sudan (on Nile floodplain).