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.

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) [XC306022]
by Frank Lambert from Mega-Soda area, Oromia, Ethiopia (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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