Black-capped Social Weaver
Pseudonigrita cabanisi(Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
English (US) Black-capped Social Weaver
The Black-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi) 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.
Range: thornscrub of Ethiopia to southwestern Somalia, Kenya, and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-capped Social Weaver
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nigrita cabanisi
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
- Type locality
- plains by Pare Mts., [Tanganyika Territory].
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 32, no.165 p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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