Short-winged weaver

Short-winged weaver
	Short-winged weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis ), male
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Weaver birds (Ploceidae)
Subfamily :	Ploceinae
Genre :	Ploceus
Type :	Short-winged weaver
Scientific name
	Ploceus nigricollis
	( Vieillot , 1805)

P. n. Melanoxanthus

The short-winged weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis , Syn. Malimbus nigricollis ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of the bunting weaver ( Ploceus ).

The Latin additional species comes from the Latin nigris 'black' and the Latin collis 'neck' .

The bird is found in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and northern Angola to southern Sudan and Tanzania .

The species is partially regarded as conspecific with the olive nape weaver ( Ploceus brachypterus ).

The distribution area includes wooded habitats from tree-lined savannah , gallery forest to clearings and forest edges up to 1500 m height.

features

The species is 15 to 17 cm tall and weighs between 23 and 30 g. The male has a narrow black eye stripe and a black throat spot in the breeding plumage, otherwise a yellow to orange-yellow head, the underside is also yellow. The neck and top including the tail are black. The female has a black parting into the neck. A broad yellow stripe over the eyes forms. The eye stripe extends into the neck area. There is no such thing as a simple dress. Fledglings are pale olive in color on top.

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

P. n. Nigricollis ( Vieillot , 1808), nominate form - Cameroon east to the extreme south of South Sudan , Uganda , west Kenya and northwest Tanzania and south to north Angola and the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
P. n. Melanoxanthus ( Cabanis, 1878 ) - southern Ethiopia , Somalia , Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

The International Ornithological Union names two more Ssp. who split off the Handbook of the Birds of the World as an olive-neck weaver :

P. n. Brachypterus Swainson , 1837 - Senegal and Gambia to West Cameroon
P. n. Po E. JO Hartert , 1907 - Bioko

voice

The male's song is described as a short, fast and loud “wriou wriouu wizzz”, the call as a sharp “chwit chwit”.

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects .

The breeding season is between March and April and August and September in Cameroon. The species usually occurs individually or in pairs, is mostly monogamous and only occasionally breeds in small colonies . The nest has a long downward hanging entrance tube.

The clutch consists of two bluish to whitish, delicately red speckled eggs.

Hazardous situation

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

literature

LP Vieillot: Le Malimbe a Gorge Noire. In: Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride , 1805, Biodiversity Library

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ Kurzflügelweber , 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 Old World sparrows, snow finches, weavers
↑ ^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 .
↑ Redlist

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

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

[IOC-3] Old World sparrows, snow finches, weavers

[HBW-4] Handbook of the Birds of the World

[Stevenson-5] 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 .

[6] Redlist