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Juvenile
Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega, Kenya, December 2006

Ploceus melanogaster

[edit] Identification

Adult: black with a yellow head

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• P. m. melanogaster:

• Mountains of extreme south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon; Bioko

• P. m. stephanophorus:

• Southern Sudan to Uganda, eastern Zaire, Burundi, western Kenya and western Tanzania

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links