Cape Weaver

Ploceus capensis - Tisserin du Cap

Tisserin du Cap
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ploceus

  • Species
    :

    capensis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 18 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 36 à 52 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tisserin du Cap
♂ adult plum. breeding
Tisserin du Cap
♀ adult

Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Tisserin du Cap,
  • Tejedor de El Cabo,
  • tecelão-do-cabo,
  • Kapweber,
  • fokföldi szövőmadár,
  • Kaapse Wever,
  • Tessitore del Capo,
  • kapvävare,
  • Kappvever,
  • pletiarka žltkastá,
  • snovač kapský,
  • Kapvæver,
  • kapinkutoja,
  • Kaapse Wewer,
  • teixidor del Cap,
  • wikłacz złotolicy,
  • Капский ткач,
  • ケープハタオリ,
  • 南非织雀,
  • kapvävare,
  • 南非金織布鳥,

Voice song and call

Tisserin du Cap
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Tisserin du Cap
♂ adult plum. breeding

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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