Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) | Photos and ID

NENot EvaluatedInvertebrates

WoodlandDomed nestSmall · 23 g

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 1 — Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 2 — Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 3 — Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 4 — Photo: i_c_riddell · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 5 — Photo: i_c_riddell · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 6 — Photo: Tommy Sandri · CC BY 4.0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 9 — Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), photo 10 — Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0

When to see the Red-headed 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 Red-headed Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Mali, Togo.

About the Red-headed Weaver

The red-headed weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Anaplectes and is found throughout the Afrotropics.

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Easily confused with

Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensisThe red weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family Ploceidae.

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