Black-necked Weaver bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsSpectacled Weaver, Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver, Black-necked or Olive-naped Weaver, Black-necked Weaver [nigricollis or melanoxanthus], Black-necked Weaver (Black-backed), Black necked Weaver
Old latin name for birdMalimbus nigricollis, Ploceus brachypterus
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyWeavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae
GenusPloceus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionc, e

Black-necked Weaver bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, female, © James Bradley
    Kenya
  • 2.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • 3.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • 4.
    Call, © Rolf A. de By
    Uganda
  • 5.
    Call, © Martin St-Michel
    Tanzania
  • 6.
    Call, © Mike Nelson
    Cameroon
  • 7.
    Call, © Mike Nelson
    Cameroon
  • 8.
    Call, male, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 9.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • 10.
    Call, song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Black-necked Weaver

Black-necked Weaver subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Ploceus nigricollis melanoxanthuss Ethiopia and s Somalia to c, e Kenya and ne Tanzania-No
Ploceus nigricollis nigricollisBioko I., e Cameroon to s Sudan, w Kenya, nw Tanzania, s DR Congo and Angola-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanteixidor golanegre
Chinese黑颈织雀
Chinese (Traditional)黑頸織布鳥
Croatiancrnovrata pletilja
CzechSnovac cernokrký, snovač černokrký
DanishSortnakket Væver
DutchZwartnekwever, Zwartnekwever (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
EsperantoNigrakola ploceo
Estonianvaljas-kangurlind
Finnishmustakurkkukutoja
FrenchMalimbe à cou noir, Tisserin à cou noir, Tisserin à lunettes, Tisserin à cou noir ou T. pirate, Tisserin à tête rousse, Tisserin à cou noir [nigricollis ou melanoxanthus], Tisserin à cou noir (nigricollis), Tisserin à cou noir (à dos noir)
GermanLayardweber, Kurzflügelweber, Kurzflügelweber (nigricollis/melanoxanthus), Kurzflügel-Weber
Hungarianbandita-szövőmadár
IcelandicFlóðvefari, Flóðvefari (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
ItalianTessitore giallo e nero, Tessitore collonero
Japaneseキボウシセグロハタオリ, ノドグロハタオリ (nigricollis/melanoxanthus), ノドグロハタオリ(nigricollis/melanoxanthus), ノドグロハタオリ
Lithuanianjuodakaklis audėjas
Maltesegħasfur nissieġ ta' għonqu iswed
NorwegianSvartnakkevever, Svarthalsvever, svartnakkevever, svartnakkevever (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Norwegian NynorskSvartnakkevevar
Polishwikłacz czarnogardły (nigricollis/melanoxanthus), wikłacz czarnogardły, wiklacz czarnogardly
Portuguesetecelão-de-pescoço-preto, Tecelào de pescoco preto
RussianКороткокрылый ткач, Черношейный ткач, Черношейный ткач (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
SerbianKratkokrila tkalja
Slovakpletiarka čiernohrdlá, pletiarka čiernohrdlá (skup.)
SpanishTejedor cuellinegro, Tejedor de Cuello Negro, Tejedor Cuellinegro (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
SwahiliKwera Shingo-nyeusi
Swedishsvartnackad vävare (nigricollis/melanoxanthus), svartnackad vävare
TurkishKısa Kanatlı Dokumacı, Kısa kanatlı dokumacı (nigricollis/melanoxanthus)
Ukrainianткачик короткокрилий