Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster)

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1887

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,500 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) [XC98997]
by James Bradley from Mount Oku, Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon (call)

Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) [XC98996]
by James Bradley from Mount Cameroon, Cameroon (call)

Subspecies
Often grouped with Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) and Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis) in a "spectacled weaver" superspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

melanogaster Shelley, 1887 - South-eastern Nigeria, south-western Cameroon and Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
stephanophorus (Sharpe, 1891) - Southern highlands of Sudan (Imatong, Dongotoma, Didinga, Acholi); eastern DRCongo and adjacent western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi; and eastern Uganda and adjoining areas of west-central Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) - 10 files

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