Black-headed Weaver

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Black-headed Weaver
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae Genus: Ploceus Species: P. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Ploceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Ploceus melanocephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.