Village Weaver / Ploceus cucullatus
| Village Weaver bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Spotted-backed Weaver, Spottedbacked Weaver, Layard's Black-headed Weaver, Village or Layard's Weaver, Black-headed Village Weaver, V-marked Weaver, Black-headed Weaver |
| Old latin name for bird | Oriolus cucullatus |
| Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
| Family | Weavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae |
| Genus | Ploceus |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
Village 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 Village Weaver
- Algeria
- Angola
- Aruba
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Curaçao
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Village Weaver subspecies (8)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ploceus cucullatus abyssinicus | n Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi | s Sudan, n DR Congo, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Tanzania | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus collaris | Gabon, w DR Congo and Angola | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus | Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Chad and Cameroon, Bioko I. | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus frobenii | s, se DR Congo | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus graueri | e DR Congo, Rwanda and w Tanzania | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps | s Somalia and e Kenya through e, s Tanzania to se DR Congo, s Angola and ne Namibia, w Zimbabwe, e Zambia and c Mozambique | - | No |
| Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus | se Botswana, e South Africa and s Mozambique | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bontrugwewer |
| Bulgarian | Домашен тъкач, Селски тъкач |
| Catalan | Teixidor social, teixidor urbà |
| Chinese | 黑头织雀, 黑头织巢鸟 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑頭織雀, 黑頭群棲織布鳥 |
| Croatian | seoska pletilja |
| Czech | snovač zahradní, Snovac zahradní |
| Danish | Stor Maskevæver |
| Dutch | Dorpswever, Grote Textorwever |
| Esperanto | Kapuĉa ploceo |
| Estonian | Küla-kangurlind |
| Finnish | kyläkutoja |
| French | Tisserin villageois, Tisserin Cap-Moor, Tisserin gendarme, Tisserin gendarme ou T. de Layard, Tisserin des villages |
| Frisian | Doarpwever |
| Galician | Tecelán vilego, Tecelán caldeirón |
| German | Dorfweber, Textorweber, Textor, Layardweber, Dorf-Weber |
| Greek | Χωρικυφαvτής |
| Hungarian | málinkó-szövőmadár, Málinkó szövőmadár |
| Icelandic | Uxavefari |
| Irish | Fíodóir ceanndubh, Fíodóir sráidbhaile |
| Italian | Gendarme, Tessitore testanera dei villaggi, Tessitore gendarme, Tessitore dei villaggi |
| Japanese | ズグロウロコハタオリ |
| Latvian | Raibmuguras audējputns |
| Lithuanian | kaiminis audėjas, Margasis audėjas |
| Macedonian | Селска ткајачка |
| Northern Sami | Gillegođđinloddi, Giligođđinloddi |
| Norwegian | Stor textorvever, Landsbyvever, landsbyvever |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Landsbyvevar |
| Polish | Wikłacz żółtopręgowy, wikłacz zmienny, wiklacz zmienny |
| Portuguese | cacho-caldeirão, tecelão-malhado, tecelão-de-dorso-malhado, Tecelão-de-dorso-malhado |
| Romanian | Ţesător de livadă |
| Russian | Черноголовый ткач, Деревенский ткач, Большой масковый ткач, Деревенский ткачик |
| Serbian | Seoska tkalja, Velika tekstor tkalja |
| Shona | Jesa |
| Slovak | pletiarka dedinská |
| Slovenian | vaški tkalec, kukavicji tkalec, Vaški |
| Spanish | Tejedor común, Chichiguao, Tejedor de la Villa, Tejedor Cogullado, Madam Sagá, Tejedor Africano |
| Swahili | Kwera Nguya |
| Swedish | byvävare |
| Tsonga | Ndzheyana |
| Tswana | Thaga |
| Turkish | Kara-başlı Dokumacı, Köy Dokumacısı, kara başlı dokumacı |
| Ukrainian | ткачик великий |
| Welsh | Gwehydd pentref |
| Xhosa | Ihobo-hobo |
| Zulu | iHlokohloko |