Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus bicolorVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Dark-backed Weaver
The Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ploceidae (Weavers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ploceus bicolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dark-backed Weaver
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Ploceus bicolor tephronotus
- Ploceus bicolor amaurocephalus
- Ploceus bicolor mentalis
- Ploceus bicolor kigomaensis
- Ploceus bicolor kersteni
- Ploceus bicolor stictifrons
- Ploceus bicolor bicolor
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- Senegal [error] = South Africa (Hartert, 1907, Novit. Zool., 14, p. 501).
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-mantled Weaver
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Maxwell's Black Weaver
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Yellow-capped Weaver
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Preuss's Weaver
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Olive-headed Weaver
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Usambara Weaver
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Bar-winged Weaver
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