Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis)

Other Names (World)
Black-breasted Weaver, Black-throated Weaver, Black-throated Weaver Bird, Bengal Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical seasonally wet / flooded grasslands, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Nepal, Pakistan.

North-eastern and south-eastern Pakistan (in Indus floodplain), northern India (mainly in Ganges floodplain from Punjab east to West Bengal and Assam) and scattered records in peninsula (south to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka), also southern Nepal and Bangladesh.

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

Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) [XC105866]
by id from kosamba, India (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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