Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus bicolor
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Genus
- Ploceus
- eBird Code
- forwea1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Ploceus bicolor amaurocephalus
northern Angola
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Ploceus bicolor bicolor
eastern Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
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Ploceus bicolor kersteni
far southern Somalia to coastal eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
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Ploceus bicolor kigomaensis
southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia and far western Tanzania
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Ploceus bicolor mentalis
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southeastern South Sudan (Imatong Mountains), Uganda, and western Kenya
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Ploceus bicolor stictifrons
southeastern Tanzania, southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa
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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.