Black-necked Weaver
A species of Typical weavers Scientific name : Ploceus nigricollis Genus : Typical weavers
Black-necked Weaver, A species of Typical weavers
Botanical name: Ploceus nigricollis
Genus: Typical weavers
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Description
The black-necked weaver is a stocky 16 cm bird with a strong conical bill. The adult male of the northern race has olive upper-parts and wings, and yellow underparts and head. It has a black eye-mask and bib, and a pale yellow iris. The non-breeding male has a yellow head with an olive crown, grey upper-parts and whitish. The wings remain yellow and black. The adult female also has olive upper-parts and wings, and yellow underparts and head. It has a black eyemask but no bib. The southern race found from Nigeria eastwards has a quite different appearance, with almost black upper-parts and tail. The black-necked weaver feeds on insects and vegetable matter. The calls of this bird include a wheezing dew-dew-twee . 
Size
17 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Green
Yellow
Gray
White
Feeding Habits
Black-necked Weaver primarily consumes insects and various plant materials. It forages actively, often during daylight hours, employing its sharp beak to extract food. Remarkably adapted to its diet, black-necked Weaver shows a preference for certain seeds and fruits, distinguishing it from some weaver species.
Habitat
Black-necked Weaver are found in a variety of forested environments including savanna woodlands, gallery forests, and forest clearings. They thrive in wet habitats, coastal thickets, plantations of palms, cocoa, and coffee, and are even seen in eucalypt forests and dense marshland vegetation. In East Africa, black-necked Weaver inhabit highland thickets and moist forests in areas with high rainfall, while adapting to both higher and lower elevations across different regions. This species is known to occupy new suitable habitats quickly, such as reforested areas, and can be found up to altitudes of 1800 meters. Their habitats range from lowland tropical forests to woodland and bush areas, sometimes overlapping with, yet distinct from, the habitats of the Spectacled Weaver.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Behavior
It builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and creepers with a 15 cm downward facing entrance tunnel hanging from the globular egg chamber. The nest is suspended from a branch in a tree and 2-3 eggs are laid. It nests in pairs but forms small flocks when not breeding.
Distribution Area
This weaver occurs in forests, especially in wet habitats.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Weavers Genus
Typical weavers Species
Black-necked Weaver 
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