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Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, LJP 1808)

The black-necked weaver is a resident breeding bird species in much of tropical Africa from Senegal and northern Angola to South Sudan and Tanzania. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Ploceidae
Genus:
   Ploceus
Scientific:
  Ploceus nigricollis


Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1808)

Reference:
   Ois. Chanteurs

Protonym:
  Malimbus nigricollis

Type locality:
  MaUmbe [Portuguese Congo].

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55964389


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  55997100878BE15B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-55997100

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/55997100


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562316

Geographic range:

  • Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis: eastern Cameroon south to northern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, east to extreme southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
  • Ploceus nigricollis melanoxanthus: S Ethiopia to e Kenya and e Tanzania
English:
Black-necked Weaver
Catalan:
teixidor golanegre
Czech:
snovač černokrký
Danish:
Sortnakket Væver
German:
Kurzflügelweber
Spanish:
Tejedor cuellinegro
Finnish:
mustakurkkukutoja
French:
Tisserin à cou noir
Croatian:
crnovrata pletilja
Hungarian:
bandita-szövőmadár
Italian:
Tessitore collonero
Japanese:
ノドグロハタオリ
Lithuanian:
juodakaklis audėjas
Dutch:
Zwartnekwever
Norwegian:
svartnakkevever
Polish:
wikłacz czarnogardły
Portuguese:
tecelão-de-pescoço-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-de-pescoço-preto
Russian:
Короткокрылый ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka čiernohrdlá
Serbian:
Kratkokrila tkalja
Swedish:
svartnackad vävare
Ukrainian:
ткачик короткокрилий
Chinese:
黑颈织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頸織布鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus] ( Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed) ( Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-necked Weaver ( Ploceus nigricollis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ploceus [nigricollis or brachypterus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: teixidor golanegre
Czech: snovač černokrký
Danish: Sortnakket Væver
German: Kurzflügelweber, Kurzflügelweber (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
English: Black-necked Weaver, Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed), Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus]
English, HBW: Black-necked Weaver
English (IOC): Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed)
English (United States): Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed)
Esperanto: Nigrakola ploceo
Spanish: Tejedor cuellinegro, Tejedor Cuellinegro (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Cuellinegro (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Spanish (HBW): Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed)
Estonian: valjas-kangurlind
Finnish: mustakurkkukutoja
French: Malimbe à cou noir, Tisserin à cou noir, Tisserin à cou noir (à dos noir), Tisserin à cou noir (nigricollis), Tisserin à cou noir [nigricollis ou melanoxanthus]
Croatian: crnovrata pletilja
Hungarian: bandita-szövőmadár
Icelandic: Flóðvefari (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Italian: Tessitore collonero
Japanese (romaji): nodogurohataori (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Japanese: ノドグロハタオリ, ノドグロハタオリ (nigricollis/melanoxanthus), ノドグロハタオリ(nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Scientific: Malimbus nigricollis, Ploceus nigricollis, Ploceus nigricollis [nigricollis or melanoxanthus], Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis, Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis/melanoxanthus
Lithuanian: juodakaklis audėjas
Dutch: Zwartnekwever, Zwartnekwever (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Norwegian: svartnakkevever, svartnakkevever (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Polish: wiklacz czarnogardly, wikłacz czarnogardły, wikłacz czarnogardły (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Portuguese: tecelão-de-pescoço-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-de-pescoço-preto, tecelão-de-pescoço-preto (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Russian: Короткокрылый ткач, Черношейный ткач (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Slovak: pletiarka čiernohrdlá, pletiarka čiernohrdlá (skup.)
Serbian: Kratkokrila tkalja
Swedish: svartnackad vävare, svartnackad vävare (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Turkish: Kısa Kanatlı Dokumacı, Kısa kanatlı dokumacı (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Ukrainian: ткачик короткокрилий
Chinese: 黑颈织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頸織布鳥

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