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Taxonomic note
Ploceus nigerrimus and P. castaneofuscus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. nigerrimus following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,250,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to abundant (Fry and Keith 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Angola	Gabela
Angola	Lago Carumbo
Angola	Luachimo River (Chitato)
Angola	Maiombe
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Hoyo Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Akanda
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Kenya	North Nandi forest
Kenya	South Nandi forest
Kenya	Kakamega forest
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Nigeria	Donga river basin forests
Nigeria	Ebok-Kabaken
South Sudan	Bengangai
Tanzania	Minziro Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George
Uganda	Semliki National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Sango Bay area
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Uganda	Nabajjuzi Wetland
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Ntokou Pikounda Reserve
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		international	non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Ploceus nigerrimus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/vieillots-black-weaver-ploceus-nigerrimus on 28/11/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 28/11/2023.