Black-capped Social Weaver - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Shailesh Patel
Samburu National Park, Kenya, August 2006

Pseudonigrita cabanisi

Identification

Length 13 cm.

Dark cap, pale conical bill, black flank stripes, buff underparts, brown back.

Distribution

Eastern Africa: found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and north-eastern Tanzania.

Nest
Photo by musse
Samburu National Park, Kenya, February 2005

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[2].

Habitat

Dry acacia savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

These birds feed on the ground, sometimes in large flocks.

Breeding

They nest colonially in acacia trees in large, untidy cone-shaped nests attached to slender twigs.

References

1. Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
2. 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.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Black-capped Social Weaver. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Black-capped_Social_Weaver

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