Grey-capped Social Weaver

Grey-capped Social Weaver

In Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Pseudonigrita
Species:	P. arnaudi
Binomial name
*Pseudonigrita arnaudi* (Bonaparte, 1851)

The Grey-headed or Grey-capped Social-weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

References

BirdLife International 2009. Pseudonigrita arnaudi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. Downloaded on 8 August 2010.

Family: Ploceidae

Genus	Species

Bubalornis	White-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. albirostris) • Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. niger)

Dinemellia	White-headed Buffalo Weaver (D. dinemelli)

Sporopipes	Speckle-fronted Weaver (S. frontalis) • Scaly-feathered Weaver (S. squamifrons)

Plocepasser	White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (P. mahali) • Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (P. superciliosus) • Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (P. rufoscapulatus) • Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (P. donaldsoni)

Histurgops	Rufous-tailed Weaver (H. ruficauda)

Pseudonigrita	Grey-capped Social Weaver (P. arnaudi) • Black-capped Social Weaver (P. cabanisi)

Philetairus	Sociable Weaver (P. socius)

Ploceus	Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus) • Black-chinned Weaver (P. nigrimentus) • Baglafecht Weaver (P. baglafecht) • Bertram's Weaver (P. bertrandi) • Slender-billed Weaver (P. pelzelni) • Loango Weaver (P. subpersonatus) • Little Weaver (P. luteolus) • Lesser Masked Weaver (P. intermedius) • Spectacled Weaver (P. ocularis) • Bannerman's Weaver (P. bannermani) • Bates's Weaver (P. batesi) • Black-necked Weaver (P. nigricollis) • Black-billed Weaver (P. melanogaster) • Strange Weaver (P. alienus) • Bocage's Weaver (P. temporalis) • Cape Weaver (P. capensis) • Eastern Golden Weaver (P. subaureus) • Holub's Golden Weaver (P. xanthops) • Príncipe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) • Orange Weaver (P. aurantius) • Golden Palm Weaver (P. bojeri) • Taveta Weaver (P. castaneiceps) • Southern Brown-throated Weaver (P. xanthopterus) • Northern Brown-throated Weaver (P. castanops) • Kilombero Weaver (P. burnieri) • Rüppell's Weaver or Rueppell's Weaver (P. galbula) • Heuglin's Masked Weaver (P. heuglini) • Northern Masked Weaver (P. taeniopterus) • Vitelline Masked Weaver (P. vitellinus) • Southern Masked Weaver (P. velatus) • Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae • Lufira Masked Weaver (P. ruweti) • Tanzanian Masked Weaver (P. reichardi) • Village Weaver (P. cucullatus) • Giant Weaver (P. grandis) • Speke's Weaver (P. spekei) • Fox's Weaver (P. spekeoides) • Vieillot's Black Weaver (P. nigerrimus) • Weyns's Weaver (P. weynsi) • Clarke's Weaver (P. golandi) • Black-headed Weaver (P. melanocephalus) • Juba Weaver (P. dichrocephalus) • Golden-backed Weaver (P. jacksoni) • Cinnamon Weaver (P. badius) • Chestnut Weaver (P. rubiginosus) • Golden-naped Weaver (P. aureonucha) • Yellow-mantled Weaver (P. tricolor) • Maxwell's Black Weaver (P. albinucha) • Nelicourvi Weaver (P. nelicourvi) • Sakalava Weaver (P. sakalava) • Streaked Weaver (P. manyar) • Baya Weaver (P. philippinus) • Asian Golden Weaver (P. hypoxanthus) • Finn's Weaver (P. megarhynchus) • Black-breasted Weaver (P. benghalensis) • Dark-backed Weaver (P. bicolor) • Preuss's Weaver (P. preussi) • Yellow-capped Weaver (P. dorsomaculatus) • Usambara Weaver (P. nicolli) • Olive-headed Weaver (P. olivaceiceps) • Brown-capped Weaver (P. insignis) • Bar-winged Weaver (P. angolensis) • São Tomé Weaver (P. sanctithomae) • Yellow-legged Weaver (P. flavipes)

Pachyphantes	Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus)

Malimbus	Red-crowned Malimbe (M. coronatus) • Cassin's Malimbe (M. cassini) • Gola Malimbe (M. ballmanni) • Rachel's Malimbe (M. racheliae) • Red-vented Malimbe (M. scutatus) • Ibadan Malimbe (M. ibadanensis) • Red-bellied Malimbe (M. erythrogaster) • Blue-billed Malimbe (M. nitens) • Crested Malimbe (M. malimbicus) • Red-headed Malimbe (M. rubricollis)

Anaplectes	Red-headed Weaver (A. rubriceps)

Brachycope	Bob-tailed Weaver (B. anomala)

Quelea	Cardinal Quelea (Q. cardinalis) • Red-headed Quelea (Q. erythrops) • Red-billed Quelea (Q. quelea)

Foudia	Red Fody (F. madagascariensis) • Red-headed Fody (Foudia eminentissima) (Comoro Fody and Aldabra Fody if species spilt) • Forest Fody (F. omissa) • Mauritius Fody (F. rubra) • Seychelles Fody (F. sechellarum) • Rodrigues Fody (F. flavicans)

Euplectes	Yellow-crowned Bishop (E. afer) • Fire-fronted Bishop (E. diadematus) • Black Bishop (E. gierowii) • Black-winged Red Bishop (E. hordeaceus) • Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (E. franciscanus) • Southern Red Bishop or Red Bishop (E. orix) • Zanzibar Red Bishop (E. nigroventris) • Golden-backed Bishop (E. aureus) • Yellow Bishop (E. capensis) • Fan-tailed Widowbird (E. axillaris) • Yellow-mantled Widowbird (E. macroura) • White-winged Widowbird (E. albonotatus) • Red-collared Widowbird (E. ardens) • Marsh Widowbird (E. hartlaubi) • Montane Widowbird (E. psammacromius) • Long-tailed Widowbird (E. progne) • Jackson's Widowbird (E. jacksoni)

Anomalospiza	Cuckoo Finch also called Parasitic Weaver (A. imberbis) (probably belongs in Viduidae)

Amblyospiza	Thick-billed Weaver (A. albifrons)