Weavers (Ploceidae)
Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius) - HBW 15, p. 175
French: Tisserin orangé
German: Königsweber
Spanish: Tejedor Anaranjado
Taxonomy: Malimbus aurantius Vieillot, 1805, Malembo, Cabinda, Angola.
Relationships uncertain; has been thought to be closest to P. princeps. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aurantius ( Vieillot, 1805) - SE Sierra Leone E along coast (including some offshore islets) to SE Ghana, S Togo and S & SE Nigeria, W & S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (coast and Ivindo Basin), S Central African Republic, PRCongo (mainly coast and R Congo region), coast and rivers in DRCongo (E discontinuously to upper Uele and Semliki Valley, and middle R Sankuru), and coastal N Angola (Cabinda S to Luanda).
- rex Neumann, 1908 - S Uganda, extreme W Kenya and NW Tanzania in L Victoria basin.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a branch, looking around Locality Rutembe, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp rex)
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A male in a bush, preening Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp rex)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 37 sec 4 -
Two males in a bush showing comfort behaviour Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp rex)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 46 sec 4 -
3 shots Locality Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 3.3 -
A bird in its nest Locality Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 26 sec 3.3
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male
Locality Tema, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
flaviomfilho 23 April 2011 2 years ago 4 -
A male perched below his nest
Locality Ghana (ssp aurantius)
Arthur Grosset 29 May 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird alert and inquisitive perched on a twig
Locality Hans Cottage, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana
Ian Fulton 5 March 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
A perched bird.
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Ken Havard 23 November 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A bird carrying a blade of grass for nest weaving
Locality Hans Cottage, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana
Ian Fulton 5 March 2009 3 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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