Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus - Tisserin à tête noire

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Plocéidés
Genus
:
Ploceus
Species
:
melanocephalus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 14 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Ploceus melanocephalus melanocephalus (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Niger)
Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis (Guinea Bissau to Nigeria, n Cameroon, sw Chad and n Central African Republic)
Ploceus melanocephalus duboisi (e Congo, s Central African Republic and sw Sudan to n Zambia)
Ploceus melanocephalus dimidiatus (ne Sudan and w Eritrea)
Ploceus melanocephalus fischeri (e DRCongo, Uganda, w Kenya, nw Tanzania and n Zambia)

Foreign names

Tisserin à tête noire,
Tejedor cabecinegro,
tecelão-de-cabeça-preta,
Schwarzkopfweber,
feketefejű szövőmadár,
Zwartkopwever,
Tessitore testanera,
svarthuvad vävare,
Svarthodevever,
pletiarka čiernohlavá,
snovač černohlavý,
Sorthovedet Væver,
mustapääkutoja,
teixidor capnegre,
wikłacz czarnogłowy,
Черноголовый ткач,
ズグロハタオリ,
黑头黄背织雀,
黑頭黃背織布鳥,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)