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

Ploceus baglafecht

[edit] Identification

Male:

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

Female:

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

[edit] Distribution

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

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

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 8 subspecies.

• P. b. neumanni :

• Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic

• P. b. baglafecht:

• Ethiopian highlands and southern Eritrea

• P. b. eremobius:

• North-eastern Zaire and south-western Sudan

• P. b. emini (budongoensis):

• South-eastern Sudan and northern Uganda

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

• Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania

• P. b. stuhlmanni:

• Eastern Zaire to southern Uganda and western Tanzania

• P. b. sharpii:

• Montane forests of south-western Tanzania

• P. b. nyikae:

• Nyika Plateau of Zambia and Malawi

[edit] Habitat

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

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Kenya Birds

• List of references

[edit] External Links