Avibase: Ploceus vitellinus (Vitelline Masked Weaver)

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

The vitelline masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Ploceidae
Genus:
   Ploceus
Scientific:
  Ploceus vitellinus

Original description

Citation:
(Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

Reference:
Verz. Doubl. zool. Mus. K. Univ. Berlin

Protonym:
Fringilla vitellina

Type locality:
Senegambia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89675#page/43/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FC6C191F4F9103DD

Avibase ID:
avibase-FC6C191F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FC6C191F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562338

Geographic range:

Ploceus vitellinus: lowland and foothill dry savanna and arid scrub from southern Mauritania eastward through the Sahel to central Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, southward to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern and central Tanzania
Ploceus vitellinus vitellinus: Senegal to western Sudan
Ploceus vitellinus uluensis: Ethiopia to Kenya and northern Tanzania

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Azerbaijani:
Adi maskalı toxucu
Bulgarian:
Жълтеникав черночел тъкач
Catalan:
teixidor vitel·lí
Czech:
snovač sahelský
Danish:
Blommegul Maskevæver
German:
Dotterweber
Esperanto:
ovoflava teksbirdo
Spanish:
Tejedor vitelino
Spanish (Spain):
Tejedor vitelino
Estonian:
savanni-kangurlind
Finnish:
sahelinkutoja
French:
Tisserin vitellin
Croatian:
kestenjastokapa pletilja
Hungarian:
feketearcú szövőmadár
Italian:
Tessitore mascherato vitellino
Japanese (romaji):
kiiromengatahataori
Japanese:
キイロメンガタハタオリ
Lithuanian:
akacinis audėjas
Latvian:
Oranždzeltenais audējputns
Dutch:
Dottergele Wever
Norwegian:
Eggeplommevever
Polish:
wikłacz akacjowy
Portuguese:
tecelão-mascarado-vitelino
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelão-vitelino
Romanian:
Ţesător de vitelină
Russian:
Чернолобый ткач
Slovak:
pletiarka masková
Serbian:
Jarkožuta tekstor tkalja
Swedish:
sahelvävare
Turkish:
Maskeli altın dokumacı
Ukrainian:
ткачик акацієвий
Chinese:
蛋黄黑脸织雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黃頭黑臉織布鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
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Clements, version 2024: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
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Clements, version 2018: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Vitelline Masked-Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Vitelline Masked Weaver ( Ploceus vitellinus) [version 1]
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ploceus [velatus, katangae or vitellinus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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