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Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis Smith, A 1828
The spectacled weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found widely in woodland, forest edge and gardens of central, eastern and south-eastern Africa, but is absent from the most arid regions and dense, primary rainforest. This common species breeds in solitary pairs, and both sexes are bright yellow, have an olive-yellow back, black "spectacles" and pale eyes. The male has a black throat. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Ploceus
Scientific:
Ploceus ocularis
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Ploceus
Scientific:
Ploceus ocularis
Original description
Citation:
Smith, A 1828
Reference:
S. Afr. Comm. Advertiser
3, no. 144 p.2
Protonym:
Ploceus ocularis
Type locality:
South Africa, especially south-east coast. Restricted to Durban, Natal, by Clancey, 1952, Ann. Natal Mus., 12 (2), p. 270.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CA4839B201A218C9
Avibase ID:
avibase-CA4839B2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CA4839B2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916822
Geographic range:
- Ploceus ocularis [ocularis or brevior]: E South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique s of the Limpopo R.
- Ploceus ocularis suahelicus: E Kenya to e Tanzania, e Zambia, Malawi and n Mozambique
- Ploceus ocularis [crocatus or tenuirostris]: Cameroon to extreme southern South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia, south to Angola and through East Africa (west of the Rift Valley) to northeastern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zambia (west of the Muchinga Mountains), and northwestern Zimbabwe
Source: Clements checklist
Spectacled Weaver
Catalan:
teixidor d'antifaç
Czech:
snovač brýlový
Danish:
Brillevæver
German:
Brillenweber
Spanish:
Tejedor de Anteojos
Spanish (Spain):
Tejedor de Anteojos
Finnish:
vaaleasilmäkutoja
French:
Tisserin à lunettes
Croatian:
oštrokljuna pletilja
Hungarian:
pápaszemes szövőmadár
Icelandic:
Straumvefari
Italian:
Tessitore dagli occhiali
Japanese (romaji):
megurohataori
Japanese:
メグロハタオリ
Lithuanian:
Akiniuotasis audėjas
Dutch:
Brilwever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brillevevar
Norwegian:
Brillevever
Polish:
wikłacz okularowy
Portuguese:
Tecelão-de-lunetas
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-de-lunetas
Russian:
Очковый ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka okuliarnatá
Serbian:
Naočarasta tkalja
Swedish:
glasögonvävare
Ukrainian:
Ткачик чорногорлий
Chinese:
眼斑织巢鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
眼斑織布鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tisserin à lunettes ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tisserin à lunettes ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ploceus ocularis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ploceus ocularis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ploceus ocularis [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Spectacled Weaver ( Ploceus ocularis) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus ocularis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ploceus ocularis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Brilwewer
Catalan: teixidor d'antifaç
Czech: snovač brýlový, Snovac skvrnitý
Danish: Brillevæver
German: Brillenweber, Brillen-Weber
English: Bottle Weaver, Spectacled Weaver
English, HBW: Spectacled Weaver
English (IOC): Spectacled Weaver
English (Kenya): Spectacled Weaver
English (United States): Spectacled Weaver
Esperanto: Okulvitra ploceo
Spanish: Tejedor de Anteojos, Tejedor Moteado
Spanish (Spain): Tejedor de Anteojos
Spanish (HBW): Spectacled Weaver
Estonian: bantu kangurlind
Finnish: vaaleasilmäkutoja, Valjusilmäkutoja
French: Malimbe à lunettes, Tisserin à lunettes
Croatian: oštrokljuna pletilja
Hungarian: pápaszemes szövőmadár
Icelandic: Straumvefari
Italian: Tessitore dagli occhiali
Japanese (romaji): megurohataori, nodogurokinirohataori, nodogurokin'irohataori
Japanese: ノドグロキンイロハタオリ, メグロハタオリ
Kirghiz: алкаккөз өрмөкчү
Scientific: Malimbus ocularis, Ploceus ocularis, Ploceus ocularis ocularis, Ploceus ocularius
Lithuanian: Akiniuotasis audėjas
Dutch: Brilwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brillevevar
Norwegian: Brillevever
Polish: wiklacz okularowy, wikłacz okularowy
Portuguese: Tecelão-de-lunetas
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelão-de-lunetas
Russian: Очковый ткач
Slovak: pletiarka okuliarnatá
Shona: Jesa
Serbian: Naočarasta tkalja
Swedish: Glasögonvävare
Swahili: Kwera Koo-jeusi
Tswana: Thaga
Turkish: Gözlüklü dokumacı, Gözlüklü Dokumacıkuşu
Tsonga: Sowa
Ukrainian: Ткачик чорногорлий
Xhosa: Ikreza
Chinese: 眼斑织巢鸟, 眼斑织雀
Chinese (Traditional): 眼斑織布鳥
Zulu: iGelegekle
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