#1203 · 🐦 birds
Black-headed Weaver
🇳🇱 Zwartkopwever ·Ploceus melanocephalus
📍 Sevilla, España
📍 Route de l'Hydrobase, Saint Louis, Región de Saint-Louis, SN
📍 Saint-Louis, Senegal
📍 8135-162 Almancil, Portugal
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Joaquim Coelho · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © David Cook Wildlife Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Joaquim Maceira Muchaxo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Sevilla, España:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Route de l'Hydrobase, Saint Louis, Región de Saint-Louis, SN:© semi23 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Saint-Louis, Senegal:© Cesar Clemente · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. 8135-162 Almancil, Portugal:© Jennifer Frey · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The black-headed weaver ( Ploceus melanocephalus ), also known as yellow-backed weaver , is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,558 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black-headed Weaver
- Nederlands
- Zwartkopwever
- scientific name
- Ploceus melanocephalus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Ploceidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 622
- sightings worldwide
- 1,558
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ploceidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 13793, Wikidata Q998572, GBIF 2494070, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.