Three-color weaver

Three-color weaver
	Three-color weaver ( Ploceus tricolor ), male in breeding plumage
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Weaver birds (Ploceidae)
Subfamily :	Ploceinae
Genre :	Ploceus
Type :	Three-color weaver
Scientific name
	Ploceus tricolor
	( Hartlaub , 1854)

The three-colored weaver ( Ploceus tricolor , Syn. Hyphantornis tricolor ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of the bunting weaver ( Ploceus ).

The Latin additional species comes from the Latin tricolor 'three-colored' .

The bird is native to Equatorial Guinea , Angola , Benin , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Cameroon , Kenya , Liberia , Nigeria , the Republic of Congo , Sierra Leone , South Sudan , Togo , Uganda, and the Central African Republic .

The distribution area includes lowland forest, especially gallery forest , or in the vicinity of swamps also secondary forest and old plantations between 700 and 1800 m altitude.

features

The species is 17 cm tall and weighs between 32 and 44 g. The male is black on top with a bright yellow collar; The wing-coverts and the top of the tail are also glossy black. The underside of the tail is also black, which distinguishes it from the otherwise similarly feathered gold - necked weaver ( Ploceus aureonucha ). The underside is dark maroon. The throat is black, the iris red-brown, the beak anthracite. The female is completely black except for the yellow collar, young birds are predominantly blackish on the upper side with a dull red-brown head, wing-coverts and underside.

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

P. t. tricolor ( Hartlaub , 1854), nominate form - Sierra Leone, southeastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, southern Ghana and Togo east to Cameroon and the extreme southwest of the Central African Republic, south to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, extreme north of Angola and southwest of the Democratic Republic Congo
P. t. interscapularis Reichenow , 1893 - found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Uganda and in northwest Angola

voice

The male's singing is described as high-pitched chattering, followed by the musical whistle "tsssui-tssui tsssuii" and a drongo-like alarm call "chchchchch".

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects .

The breeding season is in March in Guinea, in October in Liberia, between August and October in Ghana, October and March in Nigeria, September and March in Gabon.

The nest is hung on thin branches high in the tree tops. The clutch consists of two white or bluish eggs.

Tricolor weavers are monogamous and breed in large colonies .

Hazardous situation

The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).

literature

G. Hartlaub: Hyphantornis tricolor. In: Journal of Ornithology . Vol. 2, 1854, p. 110

Web links

Commons : Dreifarbenweber - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ploceus tricolor in the Internet Bird Collection
Weaver Watch

Individual evidence

↑ Dreifarbenweber , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Handbook of the Birds of the World
^ ^A ^b ^c T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-691-12665-4 .
↑ Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers
↑ Redlist

[avibase-1] Dreifarbenweber , in Avibase - The World Bird Database

[2] JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .

[HBW-3] Handbook of the Birds of the World

[Stevenson-4] A ^b ^c T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-691-12665-4 .

[5] Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers

[6] Redlist