Dark-backed weaver

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Dark-backed weaver - Wikipedia

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Dark-backed weaver

Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. bicolor
Binomial name
*Ploceus bicolor* Vieillot, 1819

The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719017A132123985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719017A132123985.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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Dark-backed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
(Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
image at ADW

v t e 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) Ruvu weaver (P. holoxanthus) 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 (P. 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) Comoros fody (F. eminentissima) Aldabra fody, (F. aldabrana) 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)
Amblyospiza	Thick-billed weaver (A. albifrons)

Taxon identifiers
Ploceus bicolor	Wikidata: Q1317295 Wikispecies: Ploceus bicolor ADW: Ploceus_bicolor Avibase: 7031228660FD7F1A BirdLife: 22719017 BOW: forwea1 CoL: 4KH83 eBird: forwea1 EoL: 919004 EURING: 34220 GBIF: 2494065 iNaturalist: 13788 IRMNG: 11199177 ITIS: 562290 IUCN: 22719017 NCBI: 194946 Open Tree of Life: 536139 Xeno-canto: Ploceus-bicolor

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