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[[Image:Black-necked_Weaver.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tf1044x.<br/>Photo taken: West Africa.]]
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[[Image:Black-necked_Weaver.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tf1044x.<br/>Photo taken: The [[Gambia]].]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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This can't be a Black-necked Weaver.
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The green-backed subspecies (see Taxonomy below) should be separated with care from the [[Spectacled Weaver]] where both occur (eastern [[Nigeria]] and western [[Cameroon]]).  This species shows more olive and less yellow on the head (especially the crown area in females) and a thicker bill.
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Although I don't have African birding experience (only Southern African experience), I would like to suggest that this is a Spectacled Weaver (crocatus), using my "Birds Of Africa South Of The Sahara" by Sinclair & Ryan, due to:
 
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1) the lack of the black throat,
 
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2) the iris being yellowish and not reddish,
 
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3) the back not being black (like E&C race of B-n W) or even dark olive (like W race of B-n W), but olive green and
 
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4) the lack of the chestnut wash on the head (can't see the breast).
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Subspecies ''brachypterus'' (from western [[Cameroon]] west to the [[Gambia]]) and ''po'' (Bioko) have olive-green backs. The nominate subspecies (from [[Cameroon]] east and south) is black-backed.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open areas with trees, including forest edges and savanna woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 23:59, 18 January 2008

Ploceus nigricollis
Photo by tf1044x.
Photo taken: The Gambia.

Identification

The green-backed subspecies (see Taxonomy below) should be separated with care from the Spectacled Weaver where both occur (eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon). This species shows more olive and less yellow on the head (especially the crown area in females) and a thicker bill.

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

Subspecies brachypterus (from western Cameroon west to the Gambia) and po (Bioko) have olive-green backs. The nominate subspecies (from Cameroon east and south) is black-backed.

Habitat

Open areas with trees, including forest edges and savanna woodland.

Behaviour

External Links

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