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LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates
ForestDomed nestSmall · 35 g
ForestDomed nestSmall · 35 g
What the Dark-backed Weaver sounds like
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Call · Amani nature reserve ,East usambara, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto
When to see the Dark-backed Weaver
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dark-backed Weaver
Regular range
The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dark-backed Weaver
The dark-backed weaver, also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is very sparsely present across central and southern Sub-Saharan Africa.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthopsMales differentiate from the females because of their full yellow heads, bright greenish-yellow body and the bit of orange under their chins that continues to the upper breast.
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthopsMales differentiate from the females because of their full yellow heads, bright greenish-yellow body and the bit of orange under their chins that continues to the upper breast.
Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureusThe eastern golden weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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