Black-headed Weaver / Ploceus melanocephalus
| Black-headed Weaver bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Gambian Black-headed Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Black headed Weaver |
| Old latin name for bird | Ploceus duboisi, Ploceus capitalis, Tanagra capitalis, Loxia melanocephala, Malimbus melanocephalus |
| Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
| Family | Weavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae |
| Genus | Ploceus |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | w, c, ec |
Black-headed Weaver bird sounds *
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Related species
Bates's Weaver
Golden-naped Weaver
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Lufira Masked Weaver
Ruvu Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Tanzanian Masked Weaver
Where to see Black-headed Weaver
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
Black-headed Weaver subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis | Guinea Bissau to Nigeria, n Cameroon, sw Chad and n Central African Republic | - | No |
| Ploceus melanocephalus dimidiatus | ne Sudan and w Eritrea | - | No |
| Ploceus melanocephalus duboisi | e Congo, s Central African Republic and sw Sudan to n Zambia | - | No |
| Ploceus melanocephalus fischeri | e DR Congo, Uganda, w Kenya, nw Tanzania and n Zambia | - | No |
| Ploceus melanocephalus melanocephalus | Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Niger | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkopwewer |
| Basque | Txori ehule burubeltz, Txori ehule burubeltza |
| Belarusian | Чорнагаловы ткач |
| Bulgarian | Черноглав тъкач |
| Catalan | teixidor capnegre |
| Chinese | 黑头黄背织雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑頭黃背織布鳥 |
| Croatian | crnoglava pletilja |
| Czech | Snovac cernohlavý, snovač černohlavý |
| Danish | Sorthovedet Væver |
| Dutch | Zwartkopwever |
| Esperanto | Nigrakapa ploceo |
| Estonian | mustpea-kangurlind |
| Finnish | mustapääkutoja |
| French | Tisserin du Victoria, Malimbe à tête noire, Tisserin à tête noire |
| Frisian | Swartkopwever |
| Galician | Tecelán de cabeza negra |
| German | Schwarzkopf-Weber, Kleiner Textor, Victoriaweber, Schwarzkopfweber |
| Greek | Μαυρoκέφαλoς υφαvτής, Μαυροκέφαλος Υφαντής |
| Hungarian | feketefejű szövőmadár |
| Icelandic | Hettuvefari |
| Irish | Fíodóir ceanndubh |
| Italian | Tessitore testanera |
| Japanese | ズグロハタオリ |
| Kazakh | қарабас өргіқұс |
| Latvian | Melngalvas audējputns |
| Lithuanian | juodagalvis audėjas |
| Macedonian | Црноглава ткајачка |
| Maltese | għasfur nissieġ ta' rasu sewda |
| Manx | Fidder kione-doo |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesoaigođđinloddi |
| Norwegian | svarthodevever, Svarthodevever |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svarthovudvevar |
| Polish | wiklacz czarnoglowy, wikłacz czarnogłowy |
| Portuguese | tecelão-de-cabeça-preta |
| Romanian | Ţesător cu cap negru |
| Russian | Черноголовый ткач |
| Serbian | Crnoglava tekstor tkalja, Crnoglava tkalja |
| Slovak | pletiarka čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | Črnoglavi tkalec |
| Spanish | Tejedor de Cabeza Negra, Tejedor cabecinegro |
| Swahili | Kwera Mgongo-njano |
| Swedish | svarthuvad vävare |
| Turkish | Kara Başlı Dokumacı, Karabaşlı dokumacı |
| Ukrainian | ткачик чорноголовий |
| Welsh | Gwehydd penddu |