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Orange Weaver
Ploceus aurantius (Vieillot, LJP 1805)
The orange weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across African tropical rainforest. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Ploceus
Scientific:
Ploceus aurantius
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Ploceus
Scientific:
Ploceus aurantius
Original description
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1805)
Reference:
Ois. Chanteurs
Imprint year:
1807
Protonym:
Malimbus aurantius
Type locality:
Malimbe, Portuguese Congo.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/250258#page/177/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
2C42345F9666AAFF
Avibase ID:
avibase-2C42345F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2C42345F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562282
Geographic range:
- Ploceus aurantius: lowland and foothill riverine corridors, mangroves, coastal lagoons, and papyrus swamps from Sierra Leone eastward to western Central African Republic, and southward through Gabon to northwestern Angola, and from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward to Lake Victoria in southern Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
- Ploceus aurantius aurantius: Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Angola, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ploceus aurantius rex: southern Uganda (Lake Victoria region) to western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
Orange Weaver
Bulgarian:
Оранжев тъкач
Catalan:
teixidor carbassa
Czech:
snovač lemovaný
Danish:
Orangegul Væver
German:
Königsweber
Esperanto:
oranĝa teksbirdo
Spanish:
Tejedor Anaranjado
Spanish (Spain):
Tejedor Anaranjado
Estonian:
vesi-kangurlind
Finnish:
kaislakutoja
French:
Tisserin orangé
Croatian:
narančasta pletilja
Hungarian:
narancs-szövőmadár
Italian:
Tessitore arancio
Japanese (romaji):
orenjihataori
Japanese:
オレンジハタオリ
Lithuanian:
Karališkasis audėjas
Dutch:
Koningswever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Oransjevevar
Norwegian:
Oransjevever
Polish:
wikłacz złoty
Portuguese:
tecelão-laranja
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-laranja
Russian:
Королевский ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka oranžová
Slovenian:
Oranžni tkalec
Serbian:
Kraljevska tekstor tkalja
Swedish:
orange vävare
Turkish:
Turuncu dokumacı
Ukrainian:
Ткачик королівський
Chinese:
橙色织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
橙色織布鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tisserin orangé ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tisserin orangé ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ploceus aurantius [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ploceus aurantius [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ploceus aurantius [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Orange Weaver ( Ploceus aurantius) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus aurantius [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus aurantius [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Оранжев тъкач
Catalan: teixidor carbassa
Czech: snovač lemovaný, Snovac oranžový
Danish: Orangegul Væver
German: Königsweber, Königs-Weber
English: Orange Weaver
English (Avilist): Orange Weaver
English, HBW: Orange Weaver
English (IOC): Orange Weaver
English (Kenya): Orange Weaver
English (United States): Orange Weaver
Esperanto: Oranĝa ploceo, oranĝa teksbirdo
Spanish: Tejedor Anaranjado
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Anaranjado
Spanish (HBW): Orange Weaver
Estonian: vesi-kangurlind
Finnish: Kaislakutoja
French: Malimbe orangé, Tisserin orangé
French (Guyane): Tisserin orangé
Irish: fíodóir flannbhuí
Croatian: narančasta pletilja
Hungarian: narancs-szövőmadár
Italian: Tessitore arancio
Japanese (romaji): orenjihataori
Japanese: オレンジハタオリ
Kirghiz: падышалык өрмөкчү
Scientific: Malimbus aurantius, Ploceus aurantius, Ploceus aurantius aurantius
Lithuanian: Karališkasis audėjas
Maltese: għasfur nissieġ minn lewn il-larinġa
Dutch: Koningswever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Oransjevevar
Norwegian: Oransjevever
Polish: wiklacz zloty, wikłacz złoty
Portuguese: Tecelão laranja, tecelão-laranja
Portuguese (Angola): Tecelão-laranja
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-laranja
Russian: Королевский ткач
Slovak: pletiarka oranžová
Slovenian: Oranžni tkalec
Serbian: Kraljevska tekstor tkalja
Swedish: Orange vävare
Swahili: Mnana Machungwa
Turkish: Turuncu dokumacı
Ukrainian: Ткачик королівський
Chinese: 橙色织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 橙色織布鳥
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