Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons - Amblyospize à front blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Plocéidés
Genus
:
Amblyospiza
Species
:
albifrons

Descriptor

Vigors, 1831

Biometrics

Size
: 18 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 34 à 57 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Amblyospiza albifrons albifrons (se South Africa)
Amblyospiza albifrons capitalba (Senegal to sw Nigeria)
Amblyospiza albifrons saturata (s Nigeria to nw DRCongo)
Amblyospiza albifrons melanota (ne DRCongo to Ethiopia, Uganda and nw Kenya)
Amblyospiza albifrons montana (e DRCongo to c and sw Kenya south to c Zambia, Malawi and nw Zimbabwe)
Amblyospiza albifrons unicolor (s Somalia, e Kenya and e Tanzania)
Amblyospiza albifrons tandae (nw Angola and extreme w DRCongo)
Amblyospiza albifrons kasaica (se DRCongo)
Amblyospiza albifrons maxima (se Angola, ne Namibia, w Zambia, n Botswana, extreme nw Zimbabwe)
Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi (e Zimbabwe, s Mozambique, ne and e South Africa)

Foreign names

Amblyospize à front blanc,
Tejedor picogordo,
tecelão-de-bico-grosso,
Weißstirnweber,
magtörő szövőmadár,
Dikbekwever,
Tessitore beccogrosso,
tjocknäbbad vävare,
Tykknebbvever,
zobanka hrubozobá,
přádelník dlasčí,
Tyknæbbet Væver,
kekonokkakutoja,
Dikbekwewer,
teixidor becgròs,
brunatniczka,
Белоголовый ткач,
ハシブトハタオリ,
厚嘴织雀,
tjocknäbbad vävare,
厚嘴織布鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)