Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus

Dark-backed Weaver

Ploceus bicolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0

Ploceus bicolor amaurocephalus

northern Angola
Ploceus bicolor bicolor

eastern Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
Ploceus bicolor kersteni

far southern Somalia to coastal eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
Ploceus bicolor kigomaensis

southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia and far western Tanzania
Ploceus bicolor mentalis

northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southeastern South Sudan (Imatong Mountains), Uganda, and western Kenya
Ploceus bicolor stictifrons

southeastern Tanzania, southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa
Ploceus bicolor tephronotus

far southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon; Bioko

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.