Birds
Juba weaver (Ploceus dichrocephalus)
The Juba weaver or Salvadori's weaver (Ploceus dichrocephalus) is a weaver bird of the Horn of Africa, named after the Juba river. It was described in 1896 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
In short
The Juba weaver (Ploceus dichrocephalus), also called Salvadori's weaver, is a bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae. It lives in the Horn of Africa (IUCN Red List, Ploceus dichrocephalus, 2016; Wikipedia, Juba weaver, backup).
Its English name refers to the Juba river of southern Somalia. Its other name honours Tommaso Salvadori, who described it in 1896 under another genus; the brackets around his name in the scientific name show that it was later moved to Ploceus (GBIF Backbone Taxonomy).
What the record shows
Most of the Juba weaver's shared records from Somalia are museum specimens: 17 of 27. Records that name a region come from Woqooyi Galbeed, Middle Juba and Middle Shabelle (see records below).
Records in Somali lands
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) holds 27 records of the Juba weaver from Somalia, dated from 1901 to 2021 (GBIF occurrence search, Somalia). By type: 17 museum specimens, 9 sightings by people, 1 other record.
Records that name a region (11 of 27), by region: Woqooyi Galbeed 8, Middle Juba 2, Middle Shabelle 1 (same source).
The oldest dated record is a museum specimen from 1901, from a place recorded as "Lowidu", held by SMF (GBIF record 207983877).
The newest dated record is a sighting by a person from 2021, from Woqooyi Galbeed, held by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (eBird) (GBIF record 3600362202).
GBIF only holds what museums, scientists and observers have shared, so the counts show where the animal or plant has been recorded, not its full range.
Red List status
The IUCN Red List category for the Juba weaver is Least Concern (IUCN Red List assessment; GBIF species page).
Classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Ploceidae |
| Genus | Ploceus |
| Species | Ploceus dichrocephalus |
Scientific name with author: Ploceus dichrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896) (GBIF Backbone Taxonomy).
Related pages
Sources
Sources
- IUCN Red List, Ploceus dichrocephalus, 2016 · doi.org
- Wikipedia, Juba weaver, backup · en.wikipedia.org
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · gbif.org
- GBIF occurrence search, Somalia · gbif.org
- GBIF record 207983877 · id.senckenberg.de
- GBIF record 3600362202 · gbif.org
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