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title: "Dark-backed Weaver"
description: "Ploceus bicolor — Birds. The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dark-backed-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark-backed Weaver

> Ploceus bicolor — Birds. The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

- Scientific name: *Ploceus bicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 736
- Wikidata: [Q1317295](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317295)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13788)

## Names

- en: Dark-backed Weaver
- de: Waldweber
- es: Tejedor Bicolor
- fr: Tisserin bicolore
- nl: Woudwever
- pt: Tecelão-de-dorso-escuro
- pl: Wikłacz dwubarwny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (484), TZ (51), MW (41), KE (35), MZ (23), SZ (9), ZW (7), AO (6), RW (6), GA (4), ZM (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-backed_weaver

## Photo

![Dark-backed Weaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-backed-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142659993

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-backed-weaver?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).