Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus - Tisserin vitellin

Tisserin vitellin
♂ adult plum. breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ploceus

  • Species
    :

    vitellinus

Descriptor

Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 18 à 22 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tisserin vitellin
♂ adult plum. transition
Tisserin vitellin
♀ adult plum. post breeding

Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Ploceus vitellinus vitellinus (Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan)
  • Ploceus vitellinus uluensis (se Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to c Tanzania)

Foreign names

  • Tisserin vitellin,
  • Tejedor vitelino,
  • tecelão-vitelino,
  • Dotterweber,
  • feketearcú szövőmadár,
  • Dottergele Wever,
  • Tessitore mascherato vitellino,
  • sahelvävare,
  • Eggeplommevever,
  • pletiarka masková,
  • snovač sahelský,
  • Blommegul Maskevæver,
  • sahelinkutoja,
  • teixidor vitel·lí,
  • wikłacz akacjowy,
  • Чернолобый ткач,
  • キイロメンガタハタオリ,
  • 赤道黑额织雀,
  • 黃頭黑臉織布鳥,

Voice song and cries

Tisserin vitellin
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Tisserin vitellin
♂ adult plum. breeding

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

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

Other sources of interest

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