Vieillot's Black Weaver

Ploceus nigerrimus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestSmall · 34 g

When to see the Vieillot's Black 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 Vieillot's Black Weaver

Regular range

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Vieillot's Black Weaver

Vieillot's black weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in southern Nigeria to Uganda, west Kenya, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The common name is after the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.

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