Dark-backed Weaver

Dark-backed Weaver

Ploceus bicolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Queen Elizabeth National Park
2 Verified sightings at Queen Elizabeth National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,508 Verified sightings across all 17 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Dark-backed Weaver

The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is very sparsely present across central and southern Sub-Saharan Africa. Dark-backed weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.

(Dark-backed weaver = ) Forest weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. image at ADW Wikipedia →

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

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
3 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~10%
4 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
5 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
6 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
<5%
7 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
8 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
9 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
10 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
11 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
12 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
13 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
14 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
15 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
16 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
17 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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