Giant Weaver

Ploceus grandis - Tisserin géant

Tisserin géant
♂ adult plum. breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ploceus

  • Species
    :

    grandis

Descriptor

Gray, GR, 1844

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 22 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 62 à 65 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tisserin géant
♂ adult plum. breeding
Tisserin géant
♀ immature

Giant Weaver (Ploceus grandis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Tisserin géant,
  • Tejedor gigante,
  • tecelão-gigante,
  • Riesenweber,
  • óriás-szövőmadár,
  • Reuzenwever,
  • Tessitore gigante,
  • jättevävare,
  • Kjempevever,
  • pletiarka veľká,
  • snovač velký,
  • Kæmpevæver,
  • jättikutoja,
  • teixidor gegant,
  • wikłacz wielki,
  • Гигантский ткач,
  • オニハタオリ,
  • 大织雀,
  • jättevävare,
  • 巨織布鳥,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Tisserin géant
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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