Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha)

Other Names (World)
Maxwell's Black Weaver, White-naped Black Weaver, White-naped Black Widow, White-eyed Weaver, White-eyed Widow

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Barboza du Bocage, 1876)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, 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 (7)...)

Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha) [XC745694]
by Hans Matheve from New Debiso, Bia, Western Region, Ghana (song)

Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha) [XC719408]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

albinucha (Barboza du Bocage, 1876) - Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast and south-western Ghana.
holomelas Sassi, 1920 - Southern Nigeria, western and southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, north-eastern and south-western Gabon, north-western PRCongo, south-western and south-eastern Central African Republic, north-eastern DRCongo and western Uganda.
maxwelli (Alexander, 1903) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Maxwells Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha) - 6 files

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