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Weeping Weaver ( Ploceus albinucha ) |
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The weeping weaver ( Ploceus albinucha , Syn. Sycobius albinucha ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of the bunting weaver ( Ploceus ).
The Latin additional species comes from the Latin albus 'white' and the Latin nucha 'neck' .
The bird is found in Equatorial Guinea , Bioko , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Cameroon , Congo, Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , Uganda, and the Central African Republic .
The distribution area includes evergreen deep forest, also secondary forest in the vicinity of settlements up to 700 m altitude.
features
The species is 13 to 15 cm tall and weighs between 25 and 30 g. The male is completely black, the top is shiny, only white is found on the neck. The species is very similar to the black weaver ( Ploceus nigerrimus ), but somewhat smaller with a grayish iris . The sexes do not differ. Fledglings are dirty dark olive gray.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are recognized:
- P. a. albinucha ( Bocage , 1876), nominate form - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana
- P. a. holomelas Sassi , 1920 - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and rarely in Uganda
- P. a. maxwelli ( Alexander , 1903) - Bioko
voice
The male's singing is described as a gentle whirring, especially while feeding in the treetops. The contact call is a "chick chick" in the hunting community.
Way of life
The diet consists mainly of insects including grasshoppers and caterpillars , but also berries and nectar .
The breeding season is February in Sierra Leone, and chicks have been seen in Liberia and Ghana between November and December.
Weeping weavers are likely polygynous , breeding in colonies .
Hazardous situation
The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ). endangered ( Vulnerable ).
literature
- JV Barbosa du Bocage: Sycobius albinucha . In: Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes / , Vol. 5, p. 247, 1876, Biodiversity Library
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ploceus albinucha in the Internet Bird Collection
- Weaver Watch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weeping Weavers , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
- ↑ 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