Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Ploceus castanops

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Serengeti National Park
5 Verified sightings at Serengeti National Park From 2019 to 2026
454 Verified sightings across all 9 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Northern Brown-throated Weaver

The northern brown-throated weaver (Ploceus castanops) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.

P. victoriae (Ash, 1986) is now thought to be a hybrid between P. castanops and P. melanocephalus. Northern brown-throated weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. 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 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
2 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
3 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
4 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
6 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
7 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
8 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
9 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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