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Vinony's link graph records 228 inbound references to Village Weaver, and connects out to Black-headed Weaver, White-billed Buffalo Weaver and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1776, Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa and Birds of the Dominican Republic.
Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Ploceus cucullatus
- Commons category
- Ploceus cucullatus
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- Ploceus cucullatus
- taxon common name
- ქუდიანი ფეიქარა
- litter size
- 2.8
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon range
- Africa
- short name
- P. cucullatus
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Encyclopedic overview
The village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with P. melanocephalus), is a bird species in the family Ploceidae found in much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been introduced to Portugal and Venezuela as well as to the islands of Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Mauritius and Réunion.
This often abundant species occurs in a wide range of open or semi-open habitats, including woodlands and human habitation, and frequently forms large noisy colonies in towns, villages, and hotel grounds. This weaver builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and leaf strips with a downward-facing entrance, which is suspended from a branch in a tree. Two or three eggs are laid. Village weavers are colonial breeders, so many nests may hang from one tree.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Village Weaver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.