Weavers (Ploceidae)
Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) - HBW 15, p. 197
French: Anaplecte écarlate
German: Scharlachweber
Spanish: Tejedor Cabecirrojo
Other common names: Red-headed Anaplectes; Red-winged/Northern Red-headed Weaver (leuconotos)
Taxonomy: Ploceus (Hyphanthornis) [sic] rubriceps Sundevall, 1850, Mohapoani, Witfontein Mountains, North West Province, South Africa.
Formerly, often referred to by specific name melanotis, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Sometimes placed in genus Malimbus. Race leuconotos considered by some authors to represent a separate species, but intergrades extensively with nominate in S Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Proposed race gurneyi (described from Caconda, in W Angola), is synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leuconotos ( J. W. von Müller, 1851) - SW Mali, S Burkina Faso and N Ghana E to NC Nigeria, N Cameroon, S Chad, N Central African Republic, W & S Sudan and W Ethiopia, also NE DRCongo, Uganda, W Kenya and Tanzania S to N Zambia and N Malawi.
- jubaensis van Someren, 1920 - S Somalia and N coastal Kenya.
- rubriceps ( Sundevall, 1850) - Angola, SE DRCongo, S Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, N & NE Namibia, N & E Botswana, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male weaving the nest Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A male foraging in trees Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp leuconotus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
An adult male bathing Locality Nanyangacor, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan (ssp leuconotus)
Marc de Bont 5 October 2005 5 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A male weaving the nest and flying away Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 6 years ago 48 sec 4 -
Two nests being constructed by their owners Locality Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp rubriceps)
Juan Sanabria 28 September 2005 7 years ago 42 sec 3.9 -
A male departing and returning several times to the nest, which is being built Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 6 years ago 47 sec 3.8
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A bird on the ground
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotos)
Krzysztof Blachowiak 20 November 2011 35 weeks ago 4.2 -
In acacias
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotos)
Guy Poisson 11 February 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Building a nest
Locality Sof Omar, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp leuconotos)
Guy Poisson 5 February 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A male at Shingwedzi camp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp rubriceps)
Ghislain Gosse 21 October 2004 2 years ago 4 -
A male building its nest
Locality Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Libor Vaicenbacher 3 years ago 4 -
A male building a nest
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp leuconotus)
Stefan Helming 22 October 2008 4 years ago 3.8
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