Dark-backed Weaver

Ploceus bicolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Ploceidae
Genus
Ploceus
eBird Code
forwea1

Vocalizations

Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.