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Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, GE 1887

The black-billed weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It has a discontinuous distribution from extreme eastern West Africa through parts of Central Africa to East Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Shelley, GE 1887

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887, Part 1 p. 126

Protonym:
  Ploceus melanogaster

Type locality:
  Cameroon Mt., 8,000 ft.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91212#page/188/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B38CE692903A8829

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B38CE692

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B38CE692

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562312

Geographic range:

  • Ploceus melanogaster melanogaster: mountains of far southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon; Bioko
  • Ploceus melanogaster stephanophorus: far southeastern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, and far northwestern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-billed Weaver
Catalan:
teixidor caputxí
Czech:
snovač černozobý
Danish:
Sortbuget Væver
German:
Schwarzbauchweber
Spanish:
Tejedor Piquinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Tejedor Piquinegro
Finnish:
keltanaamakutoja
French:
Tisserin à tête jaune
Croatian:
zlatnoglava pletilja
Italian:
Tessitore becconero
Japanese (romaji):
kuroharahataori
Japanese:
クロハラハタオリ
Lithuanian:
Juodapilvis audėjas
Dutch:
Hooglandwever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartbukvevar
Norwegian:
Svartbukvever
Polish:
wikłacz żółtogłowy
Portuguese:
Tecelão-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-de-barriga-preta
Russian:
Чернобрюхий ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka čiernobruchá
Serbian:
Crnotrba tkalja
Swedish:
svartbukig vävare
Ukrainian:
Ткачик чорночеревий
Chinese:
黑腹山织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑腹織布鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tisserin à tête jaune ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tisserin à tête jaune ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ploceus melanogaster [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ploceus melanogaster [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ploceus melanogaster [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-billed Weaver ( Ploceus melanogaster) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ploceus melanogaster [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ploceus melanogaster [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: teixidor caputxí
Czech: Snovac cernozobý, snovač černozobý
Danish: Sortbuget Væver
German: Schwarzbauchweber, Schwarzbauch-Weber
English: Black billed Weaver, Black Mountain Weaver, Black-billed Weaver
English, HBW: Black-billed Weaver
English (IOC): Black-billed Weaver
English (Kenya): Black-billed Weaver
English (United States): Black-billed Weaver
Esperanto: Nigraventra ploceo
Spanish: Tejedor de Pico Negro, Tejedor Piquinegro
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Piquinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-billed Weaver
Estonian: talaar-kangurlind
Finnish: Keltanaamakutoja
French: Malimbe à tête jaune, Tisserin à masque jaune, Tisserin à tête jaune
Croatian: zlatnoglava pletilja
Italian: Tessitore becconero, Tessitore nero facciagialla
Japanese (romaji): kuroharahataori
Japanese: クロハラハタオリ
Kirghiz: кара боор өрмөкчү
Scientific: Malimbus melanogaster, Ploceus melanogaster, Ploceus melanogaster melanogaster
Lithuanian: Juodapilvis audėjas
Dutch: Hooglandwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartbukvevar
Norwegian: Svartbukvever
Polish: wiklacz zóltoglowy, wikłacz żółtogłowy
Portuguese: Tecelão-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-de-barriga-preta
Russian: Чернобрюхий ткач
Slovak: pletiarka čiernobruchá
Serbian: Crnotrba tkalja
Swedish: Svartbukad vävare, svartbukig vävare
Swahili: Kwera Kichwa-njano
Turkish: Kara karınlı dok dokumacı
Ukrainian: Ткачик чорночеревий
Chinese: 黑腹山织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑腹織布鳥

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