Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusAnaplectes (Red-headed Weavers)
- SpeciesAnaplectes rubriceps (Red-headed Weaver)
Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park
Orange Bishop
Euplectes franciscanus
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolus
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Slender-billed Weaver
Ploceus pelzelni
Black-winged Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
Euplectes macroura
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-headed Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Red-headed Weaver sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 60 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-headed Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Red-headed Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.