The village weaver , also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver , is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae found in much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been introduced to Portugal as well as to the islands of Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Mauritius and Réunion. Source: Wikipedia
Geographic range:
Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus : Mauritania east to Chad, and south through west Africa to Bioko, northern Gabon and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ploceus cucullatus graueri : E Democratic Republic of the Congo to Rwanda, Burundi and adjacent w Tanzania
Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi : northern Gabon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
Ploceus cucullatus frobenii : S Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ploceus cucullatus abyssinicus : Eritrea, Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, and eastern South Sudan
Ploceus cucullatus collaris : Gabon to sw Democratic Republic of the Congo and n Angola
Ploceus cucullatus [spilonotus or dilutescens] : SE Botswana to s Mozambique, South Africa and Lesotho
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English: Village Weaver
Catalan: Teixidor social
Czech: snovač zahradní
Danish: Stor Maskevæver
German: Textor
Spanish: Tejedor de la Villa
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Africano
Finnish: kyläkutoja
French: Tisserin gendarme
Hungarian: málinkó-szövőmadár
Icelandic: Uxavefari
Italian: Tessitore testanera dei villaggi
Japanese (romaji): zugurourokohataori
Japanese: ズグロウロコハタオリ
Lithuanian: Margasis audėjas
Dutch: Grote Textorwever
Norwegian: Landsbyvever
Polish: wiklacz zmienny
Portuguese: Tecelão-malhado
Russian: Деревенский ткачик
Slovak: pletiarka dedinská
Serbian: Seoska tkalja
Swedish: Byvävare
Ukrainian: Ткачик великий
Chinese: 黑头织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭群棲織布鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Village Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tisserin gendarme ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Clements 1st edition: Black-headed Weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus )
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Taxonomic status:
Species status:
full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Ploceus [cucullatus or nigriceps]
(sensu lato ) by some authors
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Other synonyms
Afrikaans: Bontrugwewer
Catalan: Teixidor social
Czech: snovač zahradní
Danish: Stor Maskevæver
German: Dorfweber, Textor, Textorweber
English: Black-headed Village Weaver, Black-headed Weaver, Spottedbacked Weaver, Spotted-backed Weaver, Village Weaver, Western Village Weaver
English (Kenya): Village Weaver
Esperanto: Kapuĉa ploceo
Spanish: Chichiguao, Madam Sagá, Tejedor Cogullado, Tejedor de la Villa
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Chichiguao, Madam Sagá
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Africano
Spanish (Venezuela): Tejedor de Cabeza Negra
Finnish: kyläkutoja
French: Tisserin Cap-Moor, Tisserin des villages, Tisserin gendarme, Tisserin villageois
Irish: fíodóir ceanndubh
Guadeloupean Creole French: madame sara, Tisserin
Haitian Creole French: Madan Sara
Hungarian: málinkó-szövőmadár
Icelandic: Uxavefari
Italian: Tessitore testanera dei villaggi
Japanese (romaji): zugurourokohataori
Japanese: ズグロウロコハタオリ
Kirghiz: ири маскалуу өрмөкчү
Scientific: Malimbus cucullatus, Oriolus cucullatus, Ploceus cucullatus, Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus
Lithuanian: Margasis audėjas
Maltese: għasfur nissieġ tar-raħal
Dutch: Grote Textorwever
Norwegian: Landsbyvever, Stor textorvever
Sotho, Northern: Thaga
Polish: wiklacz zmienny, wikłacz zmienny, Wikłacz żółtopręgowy
Portuguese: Tecelão-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal): Cacho-caldeirão
Russian: Деревенский ткачик, Черноголовый ткач
Slovak: pletiarka dedinská
Slovenian: kukavicji tkalec, Vaški
Shona: Jesa
Serbian: Seoska tkalja
Siswant: Lihlokohloko
Sotho, Southern: Letholopje
Swedish: Byvävare
Swahili: Kwera Nguya
Tswana: Thaga
Turkish: kara başlı dokumacı, Kara-başlı Dokumacı
Tsonga: Ndzheyana
Ukrainian: Ткачик великий
Xhosa: Ihobo-hobo
Chinese: 黑头织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭群棲織布鳥
Zulu: iHlokohloko