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Ploceus pelzelni

Slender-billed Weaver


Ploceus pelzelni

(Hartlaub, KJG, 1887)
Tejedor de Pico Fino
Family: Ploceidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Sitagra pelzelni.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


The slender-billed weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae.
It is sparsely distributed across equatorial Africa, namely along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea and Congo River and the Lake Victoria region.

Source: Wikipedia, article Ploceus pelzelni. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Count: 4

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Photography ID: 325277
♂  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
06/11/2018
Eugenia Boggiano
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Photography ID: 207017
  Adult
Entebbe
Central Region
Uganda
06/15/2017
Diego Carus


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Species records

Count: 13



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242303804/01/2026UgandaNorthern RegionRio Nilo Victoria1Hugo Caverzasi
242299002/01/2026UgandaCentral RegionJardin Botanico, Entebbe4Hugo Caverzasi
225983522/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionLake Katwe Y Camino De Acceso1Silvina Collado
225879122/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionLake Katwe Y Camino De Acceso1Julian Uriel Collado
225977921/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--kazinga Channel Navegación2Silvina Collado
225973621/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionUnnamed Road8Silvina Collado
225873721/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--kazinga Channel Navegación2Julian Uriel Collado
225869421/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionUnnamed Road8Julian Uriel Collado
225959618/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionLake Mburo Np--mihingo Lodge1Silvina Collado
225836018/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionLake Mburo Np--mihingo Lodge1Julian Uriel Collado
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.