The dark-backed weaver, 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. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Vieillot, LJP 1819
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
34 p.127
Protonym:
Ploceus bicolor
Type locality:
Senegal [error] = South Africa (Hartert, 1907, Novit. Zool., 14, p. 501).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64021#page/137/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
7031228660FD7F1A
Avibase ID:
avibase-70312286
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/70312286
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562290
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tisserin bicolore ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tisserin bicolore ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Dark-backed Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ploceus bicolor [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ploceus bicolor [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ploceus bicolor [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Forest Weaver ( Ploceus bicolor) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus bicolor [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus bicolor [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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