Grey-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi)

Other Names (World)
Grey-capped Social-weaver, Gray-capped Social-weaver, Grey-headed Social-Weaver, Gray-headed Social-Weaver, Grey-capped Social Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

Grey-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) [XC300624]
by Rolf A. de By from South of Yabello, Ethiopia (call)

Grey-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) [XC430234]
by Frank Lambert from Road past Engikaret, Monduli, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes placed in sparrow family (Passeridae).

Proposed subspecies australoabyssinicus (described from Yavello, in southern Ethiopia) is treated as synonym of nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1851) - Western and southern Sudan, extreme southern Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, and western and central Kenya south to north-western Tanzania.
dorsalis (Reichenow, 1887) - Northern, central and eastern Tanzania.
australoabyssinicus Benson, 1942 - Southern Ethiopia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) - 10 files

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