Black-capped Social Weaver
Pseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)
Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
Black-capped Social Weaver, Pseudonigrita cabanisi, is a weaver in Africa, breeding from Ethiopia and Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania. It was described by Fischer and Reichenow in 1884 and belongs to the family Ploceidae. Adults are marked by a large black cap, an ivory bill, red eyes, a brown back and wings, a blackish-brown tail, white underparts with a black central stripe, and dark horn-coloured legs. It nests in colonies, with roofed nests entered from below and placed in thorny trees such as acacias. The male builds the nest from grass stems.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia to ne Tanzania
