{"id":128226,"date":"2022-04-26T20:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T00:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/?p=128226"},"modified":"2022-04-27T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T12:01:41","slug":"hooded-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/hooded-weaver\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"128226\" class=\"elementor elementor-128226\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c8cc34f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c8cc34f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16023f38\" data-id=\"16023f38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3257d4c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3257d4c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e1634f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e1634f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/1501970\">\u00a9 Paul Cools<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a34c983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"6a34c983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-128226-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/XC440720-Village-Weaver-Ploceus-cucullatus.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/XC440720-Village-Weaver-Ploceus-cucullatus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/XC440720-Village-Weaver-Ploceus-cucullatus.mp3\">https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/XC440720-Village-Weaver-Ploceus-cucullatus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef8d20c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ef8d20c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/440720\">\u00a9 Joost van Bruggen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cab9230\" data-id=\"6cab9230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e8ed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11e8ed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0The West African form of <strong>Village Weaver<\/strong> is generally common across much of its natural range, including the frequently visited parts of Senegambia, Ghana, and southwestern Cameroon.\u00a0 The introduced Hispaniolan population is especially common in the eastern lowlands, including the resort areas around Punta Cana and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/dominican-republic-sabana-de-la-mar\/\"><strong>Sabana de la Mar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c7ca2e4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3c7ca2e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20003c0c\" data-id=\"20003c0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b76f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b76f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100c24af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"100c24af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Textor <\/em><em>cucullatus cucullatus<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b9c651a\" data-id=\"5b9c651a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e24b4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e24b4a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Family: Ploceidae<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15d51810 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15d51810\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-410bb133\" data-id=\"410bb133\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e9f508 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77e9f508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Western and central Africa.<\/strong>\u00a0 Inhabits various wooded, semiopen, and edge habitats, including human settlements.\u00a0 Breeds colonially in trees, including palms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80e6a72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80e6a72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-478c9b8f\" data-id=\"478c9b8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e82675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30e82675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Village-Weaver-Map4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-128392\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Village-Weaver-Map4.png 950w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Village-Weaver-Map4-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Village-Weaver-Map4-768x631.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160449ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"160449ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Approximate natural distributions of the forms of Village Weaver.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/22718921\/132122615\">\u00a9 BirdLife International 2018<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43ee4de6\" data-id=\"43ee4de6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a93f9d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a93f9d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Resident in forests and savannas of the Sahel and tropical West Africa, north to southern Mauritania, central Mali, southern Niger, central Chad, the Central African Republic, and southwestern Sudan, and south to northern Gabon, the Congo Republic, and the central Democratic Republic of the Congo.\u00a0 Also resident on Bioko.<\/p><p>The full extent of its range in central Africa is not well-documented.\u00a0 In western Gabon, it occurs south at least to Libreville.\u00a0 In the interior of the D.R. Congo, the clearing of rain forest is likely enabling expansion of this and three other forms of Village Weaver (<a href=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/mottled-weaver\/\"><strong>\u201cMottled\u201d<\/strong><\/a> from the southwest, <strong>\u201cAbyssinian\u201d<\/strong> from the east, and <strong>\u201cLayard\u2019s\u201d<\/strong> from the south), bringing them into contact with one another, with uncertain results.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bfb2a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bfb2a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94457c7\" data-id=\"94457c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4262a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4262a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Introduced populations are established and expanding in a few areas around the Caribbean.\u00a0 It was originally introduced to Hispaniola via vessels of the slave trade, and has long been widespread throughout the lowlands of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 A much smaller population on Martinique was apparently introduced around the early 1960s.<\/p><p>In northern Venezuela it occurs in several areas in the largely urbanized corridor from Barquisimeto to Caracas\u2014especially in the Valencia-Maracay area.\u00a0 Small outpost populations have formed farther west in Maracaibo and Coro (coastal Falc\u00f3n), and farther east in Sucre and Monagas.\u00a0 An additional outpost population in northwestern Trinidad (reported from the Caroni rice fields since 2014) apparently resulted from natural colonization from the mainland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b971302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b971302\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2395d908\" data-id=\"2395d908\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6773328f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6773328f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Like other forms of Village Weaver: a large, stocky, heavy-billed weaver with vivid red eyes, that is often found in agricultural and settled areas.\u00a0 The breeding male differs from similar forms in having extensive chestnut on its nape, bold black stripes on its back, and an orangish breast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-408ac4df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"408ac4df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50c08216\" data-id=\"50c08216\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b81d200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b81d200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver2-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver2.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6006aab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6006aab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage.\u00a0 (Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic; June 14, 2019.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/39458801\">\u00a9 Javier Gautier<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d6041d\" data-id=\"11d6041d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36283a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36283a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Males in breeding plumage are yellow or orange overall, with a full black hood and a wide chestnut patch on the nape.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321d3c84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"321d3c84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver3-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee6b374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ee6b374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage, dorsal view showing bold black straps and chestnut nape.\u00a0 (Penjem, Gambia; July 1, 2015.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/233143721\">\u00a9 Eildert Beeftink<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-575d5ca6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"575d5ca6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fb69ad6\" data-id=\"4fb69ad6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e36e986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e36e986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The black of the hood projects down narrowly below the throat, narrowly bordered with chestnut, and the rest of the breast typically appears more orangish than yellow.<\/p><p>The back is yellow with two bold black \u201cstraps\u201d or \u201cbraces\u201d in a partial V pattern\u2014also spotted on either side but mostly solid yellow in the middle.\u00a0 \u201cHooded\u201d shares this basic pattern with the \u201cAbyssinian Weaver\u201d of East Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34d3d5d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34d3d5d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f772235\" data-id=\"6f772235\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230c2519 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"230c2519\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128220\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver13.jpg 545w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver13-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d135fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d135fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (Marakissa, Gambia; February 2, 2007.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ploceus_cucullatus_-The_Gambia_-male-8.jpg\">\u00a9 Paul van Giersbergen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e89798\" data-id=\"57e89798\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7099985e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7099985e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128218\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver11.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5736b23e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5736b23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (For\u00eat de Sangako, Toubacouta, Senegal; January 18, 2013.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/301155611\">\u00a9 Yeray Seminario<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d888ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d888ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9194076\" data-id=\"9194076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fc30eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29fc30eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As in other forms of Village Weaver, females, immatures, and nonbreeding males are comparatively drab and nondescript, but variable\u2014often best recognized by their large bills and red eyes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66167d70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66167d70\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-767939f2\" data-id=\"767939f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768877bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"768877bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver12.jpg 451w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver12-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b568e2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b568e2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (The Gambia; April 21, 2014.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbw.com\/ibc\/1096147\">\u00a9 Stewart Burns<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5d5cdc\" data-id=\"f5d5cdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aaccde2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aaccde2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They can be either olive or grayish overall, variably suffused with pale lemon yellow, mainly on the head, throat, wings, and tail\u2014often with a distinct yellow brow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74bc1465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74bc1465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver15.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf9d811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cf9d811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage, showing that the red eye is not always apparent.\u00a0 (Bafat\u00e1, Guinea-Bissau; March 18, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/147752421\">\u00a9 Antonio Xeira<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d9ed7c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d9ed7c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d3d2601\" data-id=\"2d3d2601\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c53aad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10c53aad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As in several other weaver species, colonies are often dense clusters of nests that are noticeable at a distance.\u00a0 The nest is a roughly spherical woven mass that is suspended from a branch or palm frond, entered from below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17ad224e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17ad224e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72ad352\" data-id=\"72ad352\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d649e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d649e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver18.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver18-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406d3c57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"406d3c57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, colony with several males visible.\u00a0 (Hotel Bijag\u00f3s, Ilha de Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau; March 5, 2022.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/427311961\">\u00a9 Lutz Duerselen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6574a41a\" data-id=\"6574a41a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7d8229 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f7d8229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver16.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver16-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bc2b17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26bc2b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, males weaving nests.\u00a0 (Nianing, Senegal; May 9, 2010.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/168290081\">\u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Garin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bc504f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bc504f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c3dbfcf\" data-id=\"7c3dbfcf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1320a821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1320a821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Voice.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Typical vocalizations are rapid torrents of variable chatter, consisting of clicks, buzzes, whistles, etc.: <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/440720\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/590868\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/425204\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>Sometimes calls slowly and deliberately, repeating a pattern of chuck notes and whistles:<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/690767\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>Flocks maintain a rich, noisy chatter of clucks, whistles, buzzes, and churs: <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/670240\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe78401 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe78401\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ddff03a\" data-id=\"2ddff03a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5687a178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5687a178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Monotypic form, one of five potentially distinct forms of <strong>Village Weaver<\/strong> (<em>cucullatus<\/em>).\u00a0 The name \u201cHooded\u201d is not in general usage, but is a direct translation of the scientific name <em>cucullatus<\/em>.<\/p><p>See below for comparisons of the \u201cHooded Weaver\u201d with the \u201cAbyssinian\u201d and \u201cMottled\u201d Weavers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3f81f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3f81f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35360ba8\" data-id=\"35360ba8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c49e20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28c49e20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. \u201cAbyssinian Weaver\u201d.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The \u201cHooded\u201d and \u201cAbyssinian\u201d forms of Village Weaver are very similar. \u00a0Males in breeding plumage differ in the amount of black on the head and in the pattern and coloration of the nape.\u00a0 Whereas \u201cHooded\u201d has a complete hood, with an all-black head and a broad chestnut patch across the nape, \u201cAbyssinian\u201d has a mostly-black head with a chestnut border, and its nape is mostly yellow or orange.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0adeb1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0adeb1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66c0acf\" data-id=\"66c0acf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550f567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550f567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/mottled-weaver\/\">\u201cMottled Weaver\u201d<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The \u201cHooded\u201d and \u201cMottled\u201d forms of Village Weaver are very similar and could potentially intergrade where their ranges approach one another in northwestern Gabon.\u00a0 Males in breeding plumage are similar because both have full black hoods. \u00a0They differ in the coloration on the chest and nape, and in the pattern on their backs.<\/p><p><u>Chest:<\/u>\u00a0 The breeding male \u201cHooded Weaver\u201d typically has a narrow chestnut bib or border beside the black on its throat, whereas \u201cMottled\u201d has a broad chestnut bib that covers a large portion of the chest.<\/p><p><u>Nape:<\/u>\u00a0 The breeding male \u201cHooded Weaver\u201d typically has a narrow chestnut band on the nape, whereas \u201cMottled\u201d has a crisply defined black hood that contrasts with its back.<\/p><p><u>Back:<\/u>\u00a0 The breeding male \u201cHooded Weaver\u201d typically has a yellow back with broad black bars or patches on either side of it, whereas \u201cMottled\u201d has a mostly yellow back with small black spots.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43de7b4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43de7b4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b85a076\" data-id=\"4b85a076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6098c2c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6098c2c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><u>More Images of the \u201cHooded Weaver\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-416ce76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"416ce76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-695f5382\" data-id=\"695f5382\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fae4ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23fae4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver4-768x509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver4-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c8296e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c8296e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage, brighter-yellow than most.\u00a0 (Bana, Cameroon; August 11, 2019.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/51202065\">\u00a9 Antoon de Vylder<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e9f6742\" data-id=\"4e9f6742\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c6e09c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25c6e09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver5-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f619840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f619840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage, darker than most, perched on the back of a chair.\u00a0 (Kribi, Cameroon; January 5, 2011.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204589261\">\u00a9 Marco Valentini<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c210b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c210b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4449875b\" data-id=\"4449875b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6483fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6483fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver7-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver7.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478d4f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"478d4f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage.\u00a0 (Libreville, Gabon; September 19, 2013.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbw.com\/ibc\/1328911\">\u00a9 Paul van Giersbergen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-675b7d05\" data-id=\"675b7d05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8aa4d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c8aa4d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver6.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9f0cdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a9f0cdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male in breeding plumage.\u00a0 (Ebekawopa, Ghana; November 21, 2021.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/391893851\">\u00a9 Simon Colenutt<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2551f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2551f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57b94825\" data-id=\"57b94825\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facc5b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"facc5b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver17.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver17-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45871d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45871d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, male weaving a nest.\u00a0 (Nianing, Senegal; May 9, 2010.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/168290111\">\u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Garin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44d15da7\" data-id=\"44d15da7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fccd21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fccd21f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver10.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e962fb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e962fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (For\u00eat de Sangako, Toubacouta, Senegal; January 18, 2013.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/301155581\">\u00a9 Yeray Seminario<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70436675 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70436675\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fc2ba90\" data-id=\"3fc2ba90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b5417c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b5417c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver8.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18642dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18642dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (Janjanbureh, Gambia; January 4, 2019.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/145604491\">\u00a9 James Kennerley<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-642d5747\" data-id=\"642d5747\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435b24b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"435b24b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-128216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver9.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HoodedWeaver9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ed2416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79ed2416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHooded Weaver\u201d, <em>T. c. cucullatus<\/em>, basic plumage.\u00a0 (Kotu, Banjul, Gambia; January 9, 2019.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/195762541\">\u00a9 Peter Kennerley<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c84a6a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c84a6a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258cabc7\" data-id=\"258cabc7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6237a2ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6237a2ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Ascanio, D., G.A. Rodriguez, and R. Restall. 2017. <em>Birds of Venezuela<\/em>. Christopher Helm, London.<\/p><p>BirdLife International. 2018. <em>Ploceus cucullatus<\/em>. <em>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018:<\/em> e.T22718921A132122615. <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718921A132122615.en\">https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718921A132122615.en<\/a>. (Accessed April 26, 2022.)<\/p><p>Borrow, N., and R. Demey. 2004. <em>Birds of Western Africa<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>eBird. 2022. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebird.org\">http:\/\/www.ebird.org<\/a>. (Accessed April 26, 2022.)<\/p><p>Kirwan, G.M., A. Levesque, M. Oberle, and C.J. Sharpe. 2019. <em>Birds of the West Indies<\/em>. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.<\/p><p>Latta, S., C. Rimmer, A. Keith, J. Wiley, H. Raffaele, K. McFarland, and E. Fernandez. 2006. <em>Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. <em>A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Sinclair, I., and P. Ryan. 2003. <em>Birds of Africa South of the Sahara<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>van Perlo, B. 2002. <em>Birds of Western and Central Africa<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Xeno-Canto. 2022. Village Weaver \u2013 <em>Ploceus cucullatus<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/species\/Ploceus-cucullatus\">https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/species\/Ploceus-cucullatus<\/a>. (Accessed April 26, 2022.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Paul Cools \u00a9 Joost van Bruggen Birdfinding.info \u21d2 &nbsp;The West African form of Village Weaver is generally common across much of its natural range, including the frequently visited parts of Senegambia, Ghana, and southwestern Cameroon.&nbsp; The introduced Hispaniolan population is especially common in the eastern lowlands, including the resort areas around Punta Cana and 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