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[[Image:Black-necked_Weaver.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tf1044x <br />Location: The [[Gambia]].]] | [[Image:Black-necked_Weaver.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tf1044x <br />Location: The [[Gambia]].]] | ||
;[[:Category:Ploceus|Ploceus]] nigricollis | ;[[:Category:Ploceus|Ploceus]] nigricollis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 16cm. '''Male''' (northern race) - olive upperparts and wings, yellow underparts and head, black eyemask and bib, pale yellow iris, strong conical bill. Non-breeding male- yellow head, olive crown, grey upperparts and whitish, yellow and black wings. | ||
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| + | '''Female''' - olive upperparts and wings, yellow underparts and head, black eyemask but no bib. | ||
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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. | 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== | ==Distribution== | ||
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Open areas with trees, including forest edges and savanna woodland. | Open areas with trees, including forest edges and savanna woodland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and creepers with a 15cm downward facing entrance tunnel hanging from the globular egg chamber, suspended from a branch in a tree. 2-3 eggs are laid. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects and vegetable matter. | ||
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| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Call: wheezing ''dew-dew-twee''. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Ploceus+nigricollis}} | {{GSearch|Ploceus+nigricollis}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:19, 18 November 2008
- Ploceus nigricollis
Identification
16cm. Male (northern race) - olive upperparts and wings, yellow underparts and head, black eyemask and bib, pale yellow iris, strong conical bill. Non-breeding male- yellow head, olive crown, grey upperparts and whitish, yellow and black wings.
Female - olive upperparts and wings, yellow underparts and head, black eyemask but no bib.
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
It builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and creepers with a 15cm downward facing entrance tunnel hanging from the globular egg chamber, suspended from a branch in a tree. 2-3 eggs are laid.
The diet includes insects and vegetable matter.
Vocalisation
Call: wheezing dew-dew-twee.
