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Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis (Sharpe, RB 1891)

The brown-capped 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, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Sharpe, RB 1891)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Sycobrotus insignis

Type locality:
  Mt. Elgon.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16275583

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C649EA573DA8BEE0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C649EA57

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C649EA57

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562304

Geographic range:

  • Ploceus insignis: southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and Bioko; western Angola; extreme southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, western Rwanda, western Burundi, and western Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown-capped Weaver
Catalan:
teixidor de casquet bru
Czech:
snovač hnědočapkový
Danish:
Brunkronet Væver
German:
Braunkappenweber
Spanish:
Tejedor Insigne
Spanish (Spain):
Tejedor Insigne
Finnish:
ruskolakkikutoja
French:
Tisserin à cape brune
Croatian:
žutotrba pletilja
Italian:
Tessitore capobruno
Japanese (romaji):
chaboushihataori
Japanese:
チャボウシハタオリ
Lithuanian:
Rudakepuris audėjas
Dutch:
Bruinkapwever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunkronevevar
Norwegian:
Brunkronevever
Polish:
wikłacz brązowogłowy
Portuguese:
Tecelão-de-capuz-marrom
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-de-barrete-castanho
Russian:
Бурошапочный ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka samotárska
Serbian:
Smeđokapa tkalja
Swedish:
brunkronad vävare
Ukrainian:
Ткачик буроголовий
Chinese:
褐顶织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
褐頂織布鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tisserin à cape brune ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tisserin à cape brune ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ploceus insignis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ploceus insignis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ploceus insignis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Brown-capped Weaver ( Ploceus insignis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ploceus insignis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ploceus insignis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: teixidor de casquet bru
Czech: Snovac hnedocapkový, snovač hnědočapkový
Danish: Brunkronet Væver
German: Braunkappenweber, Braunkappen-Weber
English: Brown capped Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Congo Brown-capped Weaver, Nairobi Brown-capped Weaver
English, HBW: Brown-capped Weaver
English (IOC): Brown-capped Weaver
English (Kenya): Brown-capped Weaver
English (United States): Brown-capped Weaver
Esperanto: Fama ploceo
Spanish: Tejedor de Capa Castaña, Tejedor Insigne
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor Insigne
Spanish (HBW): Brown-capped Weaver
Estonian: pruunkiird-kangurlind
Finnish: Ruskolakkikutoja
French: Malimbe à cape brune, Tisserin à calotte brune, Tisserin à cape brune
Croatian: žutotrba pletilja
Italian: Tessitore capobruno
Japanese (romaji): chaboushihataori, kawariori-buhataori
Japanese: カワリオリーブハタオリ, チャボウシハタオリ
Scientific: Malimbus insignis, Ploceus insignis, Ploceus insignis insignis, Ploceus insignus, Sycobrotus insignis
Lithuanian: Rudakepuris audėjas
Dutch: Bruinkapwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunkronevevar
Norwegian: Brunkronevever
Polish: wiklacz brazowoglowy, wikłacz brązowogłowy
Portuguese: Tecelão-de-capuz-marrom
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-de-barrete-castanho
Russian: Бурошапочный ткач
Slovak: pletiarka samotárska
Serbian: Smeđokapa tkalja
Swedish: Brunkronad vävare
Swahili: Kwera Kichwa-kahawia
Turkish: Kahverengi başlıklı dokumacı
Ukrainian: Ткачик буроголовий
Chinese: 褐顶织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 褐頂織布鳥

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