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Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Ploceus

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bknwea2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus

Subspecies (2)

Ploceus nigricollis melanoxanthus

southern Ethiopia to eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis

eastern Cameroon southward to northern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastward to far southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bknwea2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.