Vieillot's black weaver

Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is named after the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot.[2]

Vieillot's black weaver
male P. n. nigerrimus, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species:
P. nigerrimus
Binomial name
Ploceus nigerrimus
Vieillot, 1819

Subspecies
  • P. n. nigerrimus: Extreme southeast Nigeria to Uganda, west Kenya, Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • P. n. castaneofuscus: Sierra Leone to east Nigeria
  • male
    P. n. castaneofuscus
    Ghana
  • male
    P. n. castaneofuscus
    making nest Ghana
  • male
    P. n. castaneofuscus
    making nest Ghana

Distribution and habitat

Vieillot's black weaver is found in western and central Africa in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ploceus nigerrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812246A94602765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812246A94602765.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 352.


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