Black-breasted weaver

Black-breasted weaver
At Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species: P. benghalensis
Binomial name
Ploceus benghalensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The black-breasted weaver, also known as the Bengal weaver or black-throated weaver (Ploceus benghalensis), is a weaver resident in the northern river plains of the Indian subcontinent. Like the other weavers, the males build an enclosed nest from reeds and mud, and visiting females select a mate at least partially based on the quality of the nest.

Distribution

Resident or local migrant, endemic to South Asia. Species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range.[2]

It is found throughout northern part of Indian subcontinent.

Local Names: Hindi: Sarbo baya, Bengali: কালোবুক বাবুই (Kalo-buk babui), বাংলা বাবুই (Bangla babui), শর বাজা (Shor baJa), কান্তাওয়ালা বায়া (Kantawala baya).

Description

Nesting

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus benghalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim; Kotagama, Sarath; Ali, Shahid (1998). Guide to the Birds of Indian subcontinent. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-691-04910-6.
  3. Ali, Salim; J C Daniel (1983). The book of Indian Birds, Twelfth Centenary edition. New Delhi: Bombay Natural History Society/Oxford University Press.
  4. 1 2 Ali, Salim; Sidney Dillon Ripley (2001) [1986]. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, 2nd ed.,10 vols (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Press.Synopsis / Handbook Number 1012, vol. 10, p. 100-102. For Black-breasted Weaver behaviour and nest, quotes articles by Cooke (JBNHS v.60:1-48) and Ambedkar (JBNHS:69:268-82).

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