Baglafecht Weaver

Male, nominate race
Photo by Mike Pennington
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 2003

Ploceus baglafecht

Identification

15 cm (6 in)
Male:

• Black face patches
• Yellow crown and upper breast
• Yellow underparts
  

Female:

• Black head
• Bright yellow underparts
• Dark upperparts with yellow streaks on wings

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi

Female
Photo by mts
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies^[1]:

• P. b. neumanni :

• Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic

• P. b. baglafecht:

• Ethiopian highlands and southern Eritrea

• P. b. eremobius:

• Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern South Sudan

• P. b. emini (budongoensis):

• Southeastern South Sudan, central and eastern Ethiopia, and northern Uganda

• P. b. reichenowi: Picture of Male Picture of female

• Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania

• P. b. stuhlmanni:

• Eastern DRC to southern Uganda and western Tanzania

• P. b. sharpii:

• Montane forests of south-western Tanzania

• P. b. nyikae:

• Nyika Plateau of Zambia and Malawi

Habitat

Female, nominate subspecies
Photo by volker sthamer
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2010

Cultivated areas, open woods, forest margins and in towns throughout highland areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects, but fruit and seeds are also eaten.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Kenya Birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Baglafecht Weaver. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Baglafecht_Weaver

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