Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 28 g

When to see the Brown-capped Weaver

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-capped Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania.

About the Brown-capped Weaver

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.

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