Weavers (Ploceidae)
Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) - HBW 15, p. 169
French: Tisserin du Bengale
German: Bengalenweber
Spanish: Tejedor Bengalí
Other common names: Black-throated Weaver (Bird), Bengal Weaver
Taxonomy: Loxia benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE & SE Pakistan (in Indus floodplain), N India (mainly in Ganges floodplain from Punjab E to West Bengal and Assam) and scattered records in peninsula (S to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka), also S Nepal and Bangladesh.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Birds constructing nest and singing Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2005 3 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
Male in breeding plumage Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2006 3 years ago 10 sec 3.5 -
Bird building a nest interwoven into tall grass Locality Sultanpur National Park, Haryana, India
Anthony Laven 1 August 1994 2 years ago 28 sec 2.8
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Male Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) in Breeding Plumage
Locality Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Yograj and manjeet jadeja 2 years ago 4.4 -
Bengal Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) Male
Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 8 November 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Male Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) in marsh
Locality Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Yograj and manjeet jadeja 2 years ago 3.7 -
Near its nest in the reeds
Locality Gurgaon District, Haryana, India
sharad 15 August 2010 2 years ago 2.2
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