Weavers (Ploceidae)
Yellow-mantled Weaver (Ploceus tricolor) - HBW 15, p. 184
French: Tisserin tricolore
German: Dreifarbenweber
Spanish: Tejedor Tricolor
Taxonomy: Hyphantornis tricolor Hartlaub, 1854, Sierra Leone.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tricolor ( Hartlaub, 1854) - Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, S Ivory Coast, S Ghana and S Togo E to W & S Cameroon and extreme SW Central African Republic, S to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, N & W PRCongo, extreme N Angola (Cabinda) and extreme SW DRCongo (mouth of R Congo).
- interscapularis Reichenow, 1893 - locally in N, C & NE DRCongo and SW & S Uganda, also NW Angola (Cuanza Norte).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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2 birds in a tree Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 21 sec 1.5
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A juvenile bird perched in the canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp tricolor)
Arthur Grosset 26 May 2011 1 year ago 2.2 -
A bird perched on the topmost twig in the canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp tricolor)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 2 -
A bird in the canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp tricolor)
Arthur Grosset 26 May 2011 1 year ago 1.8
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