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Red Weaver
Anaplectes jubaensis Van Someren, 1920
Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
Red Weaver, Anaplectes jubaensis, is a weaver in the family Ploceidae that breeds in southern Somalia and north-eastern Kenya. It was described by Van Someren in 1920. The species was once treated as part of the red-headed weaver, but it was later separated on the basis of its distinctive plumage. In March 2025 it was included on a Search for Lost Birds list, and six birds were found in a remote area of north-eastern Kenya near the Somali border on 3 July 2026.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Somalia and ne Kenya
