Weavers (Ploceidae)
Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) - HBW 15, p. 183
French: Tisserin de Pelzeln
German: Mönchsweber
Spanish: Tejedor de Pelzeln
Other common names: Common Slender-billed Weaver, Little Weaver(!)
Taxonomy: Sitagra pelzelni Hartlaub, 1887, Magungo, Uganda.
Proposed race tuta (described from near Mwanza, in Tanzania) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- monacha ( Sharpe, 1890) - S Ivory Coast E along coast to W Cameroon, also riverine Gabon, PRCongo and W & S DRCongo, NW Angola and NW Zambia.
- pelzelni ( Hartlaub, 1887) - NE DRCongo, Uganda, SW Kenya, NW Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male and several females feeding on breakfast leftovers together with Golden-backed Weavers Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp pelzelni )
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A male on a branch, preening Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp pelzelni )
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A female catching and eating a caterpillar Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (ssp pelzelni)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 6 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
A female near the nest while the male is inside Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (ssp pelzelni)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A male on a branch and then flying to the nest, where the female is Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp pelzelni )
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A female preening and scratching the head Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (ssp pelzelni)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 6 years ago 39 sec 3.7
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Adult male in breeding plumage
Locality Bushara Island, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Arti 3 March 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Adult male
Locality Bushara Island, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Arti 3 March 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Feeding on sorghum
Locality Gahini, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 7 February 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
A front-on view of a male in breeding plumage
Locality Hippo Point, Kisumu, Lake Victoria, Kenya (ssp pelzelni)
Liam Hughes 27 May 2011 51 weeks ago 3 -
Female preening in resort garden.
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Tom Tarrant 30 December 2005 3 years ago 3
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