Grey-headed Social Weaver - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Grey-capped Social-Weaver

Photo by Westmidstraveller
Masai Mara, Kenya, October 2009

Pseudonigrita arnaudi

Identification

Length 10-12 cm (4-4¾ in)

• Small, plain brown,
• Pale grey crown
• White tip to tail

Distribution

Africa: found in southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, northern Uganda, northern and western Kenya and north-central Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• P. a. arnaudi:

• Southwestern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, extreme southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, northeastern Uganda, Kenya, and extreme northern Tanzania

• P. a. dorsalis:

• West and central Tanzania

Habitat

Dry acacia bush, scrub, croplands.

Behaviour

Diet

Their varied diet consists of grass seeds and insects, including grasshoppers, beetles, termites and caterpillars.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Grey-headed Social Weaver. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-headed_Social_Weaver

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