Black-headed Weaver

Taxobox
name = Black-headed Weaver

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Ploceidae
genus = "Ploceus"
species = "P. melanocephalus"
binomial = "Ploceus melanocephalus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms =

The Black-headed Weaver ("Ploceus melanocephalus") is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53206/all Ploceus melanocephalus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.