Black-headed Weaver / Ploceus melanocephalus LC

Synonyms Gambian Black-headed Weaver, Black headed Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver
Old latin name for bird Ploceus capitalis, Ploceus duboisi, Malimbus melanocephalus, Tanagra capitalis, Loxia melanocephala

Black-headed Weaverbird sounds *

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Call, female, male, song, © José Carlos Sires
Spain
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Call, © Peter Boesman
Zambia
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Call, © Jorge Leitão
Portugal
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Call, female, male, song, © José Carlos Sires
Spain
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Call, song, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, song, © Jorge Leitão
Portugal
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Call, song, © Jerome Fischer
Portugal
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Call, song, © Erik Eggenkamp
Uganda

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Where to see Black-headed Weaver

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion w, c, ec

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

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Swartkopwewer
Basque	Txori ehule burubeltza, Txori ehule burubeltz
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	snovač černohlavý, Snovac cernohlavý
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	Schwarzkopfweber, Kleiner Textor, Victoriaweber, Schwarzkopf-Weber
Greek	Μαυροκέφαλος Υφαντής, Μαυρoκέφαλoς υφαvτής
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
Norwegian Nynorsk	Svarthovudvevar
Polish	wikłacz czarnogłowy, wiklacz czarnoglowy
Portuguese	tecelão-de-cabeça-preta
Romanian	Ţesător cu cap negru
Russian	Черноголовый ткач
Serbian	Crnoglava tkaǉa, Crnoglava tekstor tkalja
Slovak	pletiarka čiernohlavá
Slovenian	Črnoglavi tkalec
Spanish	Tejedor cabecinegro, Tejedor de Cabeza Negra
Swahili	Kwera Mgongo-njano
Swedish	svarthuvad vävare
Turkish	Karabaşlı dokumacı, Kara Başlı Dokumacı
Ukrainian	ткачик чорноголовий
Welsh	Gwehydd penddu