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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus

Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbwea1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus

Subspecies (2)

Ploceus melanogaster melanogaster

mountains of far southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon; Bioko
Ploceus melanogaster stephanophorus

far southeastern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, and far northwestern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbwea1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.