Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Genus
- Ploceus
- eBird Code
- blhwea1
Subspecies (5)
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Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis
Guinea-Bissau to Niger, southern Chad, and Central African Republic
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Ploceus melanocephalus dimidiatus
northeastern Sudan and western Eritrea
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Ploceus melanocephalus duboisi
Congo, southern Central African Republic, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Ploceus melanocephalus fischeri
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward through western Kenya, southward in northwestern Tanzania and northern Zambia
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Ploceus melanocephalus melanocephalus
northern Senegal to southern Mauritania, Niger, and Mali
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.