Ploceus velatus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Click on the language to view common names.

Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 895 meters (2,937 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
[more info]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ploceus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 79 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. albinucha (Maxwell's Black Weaver) · P. albinucha albinucha (White Naped Black Weaver) · P. alienus (Strange Weaver) · P. angolensis (Bar-Winged Weaver) · P. aurantius (Orange Weaver) · P. aureonucha (Golden-Naped Weaver) · P. badius (Cinnamon Weaver) · P. baglafecht (Baglafecht Weaver) · P. baglafecht baglafecht (Baglafecht Weaver) · P. baglafecht neumanni (Banso Baglafecht Weaver) · P. bannermani (Bannerman's Weaver) · P. batesi (Bates's Weaver) · P. benghalensis (Black-Throated Weaver) · P. bertrandi (Bertrand's Weaver) · P. bicolor (Dark-Backed Weaver) · P. bojeri (Golden Palm Weaver) · P. burnieri (Kilombero Weaver) · P. capensis (Cape Weaver) · P. capensis capensis (Cape Weaver) · P. castaneiceps (Taveta Golden-Weaver) · P. castanops (Northern Brown-Throated Weaver) · P. cucullatus (Village Weaver) · P. dichrocephalus (Jubaland Weaver) · P. dicrocephalus (Salvadori's Weaver) · P. dorsomaculatus (Yellow-Capped Weaver) · P. flavipes (Yellow-Legged Malimbe) · P. galbula (Rüppell's Weaver) · P. golandi (Clarke's Weaver) · P. grandis (Giant Weaver) · P. heuglini (Heuglin's Masked-Weaver) · P. hypoxanthus (Asian Golden Weaver) · P. insignis (Brown-Capped Weaver) · P. intermedius (Lesser Masked-Weaver) · P. intermedius intermedius (Lesser Masked-Weaver) · P. jacksoni (Jackson's Golden-Backed Weaver) · P. katangae (Katanga Masked Weaver) · P. luteolus (Little Masked Weaver) · P. manyar (Streaked Weaver) · P. manyar manyar (Streaked Weaver) · P. megarhynchus (Finn's Baya Weaver) · P. melanocephalus (Yellow-Backed Weaver) · P. melanogaster (Black Mountain Weaver) · P. nelicourvi (Nelicourvi Weaver) · P. nicolli (Tanzanian Mountain Weaver) · P. nigerrimus (Vieillot's Black Weaver) · P. nigriceps (Layard's Black-Headed Weaver) · P. nigricollis (Black-Necked Weaver) · P. nigrimentum (Black-Chinned Weaver) · P. nigrimentus (Black-Chinned Weaver) · P. ocularis (Spectacled Weaver) · P. ocularis ocularis (Spectacled Weaver) · P. olivaceiceps (Olive-Headed Golden Weaver) · P. pelzelni (Slender-Billed Weaver) · P. philippinus (Baya Weaver) · P. philippinus philippinus (Baya Weaver) · P. preussi (Preuss's Golden-Backed Weaver) · P. princeps (Pr?ncipe Golden-Weaver) · P. reichardi (Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver) · P. rubiginosus (Chestnut Weaver) · P. rubiginosus rubiginosus (Chestnut Weaver) · P. ruweti (Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver) · P. sakalava (Sakalava Weaver) · P. sanctithomae (S?o Tom? Weaver) · P. spekei (Speke's Weaver) · P. spekeoides (Fox's Weaver) · P. subaureus (Olive-Headed Golden Weaver) · P. subaureus subaureus (Olive-Headed Golden Weaver) · P. subpersonatus (Loango Slender-Billed Weaver) · P. superciliosus (Compact Weaver) · P. taeniopterus (Northern Masked-Weaver) · P. temporalis (Bocage's Weaver) · P. tricolor (Yellow Mantled Weaver) · P. velatus (Southern Masked-Weaver) · P. velatus velatus (Southern Masked Weaver) · P. victoriae (Entebbe Weaver) · P. vitellinus (Vitelline Masked-Weaver) · P. weynsi (Weyns's Weaver) · P. xanthops (Holub's Golden-Weaver) · P. xanthopterus (Southern Brown-Throated Weaver)

More Info

• Search for Pictures: images.google.com
• Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
• Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
• Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 241.
• Annotated CITES appendices and reservations 1988 IUCN url p. 34, p. 38.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 296.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 131, p. 135, p. 15, p. 153, p. 19, p. 51, p. 54, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 74, p. 75, p. 76, p. 78, p. 87, p. 89, p. 91, p. 95, p. 97.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 242, p. 354, p. 368.
• Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 356.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 356.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 34, p. 44, p. 45.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 205, p. 72, p. 74, p. 76.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 72, p. 74.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 246.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 30, p. 550.
• Notes on the birds of Damara Land and the adjacent countries of South-west Africa. London, J. van Voorst, 1872. url .
• Notes on the birds of Damara land and the adjacent countries of the south-west Africa. By the late Charles John Anderson. .. Arranged and edited by John Henry Gurney, with some additional notes by the editor, and and introductory chapter containing a sketch of the author's life, abridge London, J. van Voorst1872. url p. 169.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 21.
• Smithsonian year. 1965 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 184.
• South African journal of natural history. Pretoria, South African Biological Society. url p. 185, p. 192.
• The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 5, p. 89.
• The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 404, p. 405, p. 406.
• The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 58.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 299, p. 224.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Ploceus velatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6738
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562336
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562336
• IUCN ID: 234137
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145575

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 856.870 based on 22 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

©2004-2012 David Stang. All rights reserved.