Chestnut Weaver

Ploceus rubiginosus - Tisserin roux

Tisserin roux
♂ adult plum. post breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ploceus

  • Species
    :

    rubiginosus

Descriptor

Rüppell, 1840

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 25 à 37 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tisserin roux
♂ adult plum. breeding
Tisserin roux
♀ adult plum. post breeding

Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus (se Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to c Tanzania)
  • Ploceus rubiginosus trothae (sw Angola, n Namibia and nw Botswana)

Foreign names

  • Tisserin roux,
  • Tejedor castaño,
  • tecelão-castanho,
  • Maronenweber,
  • gesztenyebarna szövőmadár,
  • Kastanjewever,
  • Tessitore castano,
  • kastanjevävare,
  • Kastanjevever,
  • pletiarka gaštanová,
  • snovač hnědavý,
  • Rødbrun Væver,
  • kastanjakutoja,
  • Bruinwewer,
  • teixidor castany,
  • wikłacz kasztanowaty,
  • Каштановый ткач,
  • クリイロハタオリ,
  • 栗织雀,
  • kastanjevävare,
  • 栗織布鳥,

Voice song and call

Tisserin roux
♂ adult plum. transition

Habitat

Tisserin roux
♂ adult plum. breeding

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

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

Sources of information

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