---
title: "Tecelão-dourado-de-dorso-verde"
description: "Ploceus xanthops — Aves. Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/holub-s-golden-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tecelão-dourado-de-dorso-verde

> Ploceus xanthops — Aves. Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

- Scientific name: *Ploceus xanthops*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1190
- Wikidata: [Q906551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13820](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13820)

## Names

- en: Holub's Golden-Weaver
- de: Safranweber
- es: Tejedor Azafranado
- fr: Tisserin safran
- nl: Saffraanwever
- pt: Tecelão-dourado-de-dorso-verde
- pl: Wikłacz złotawy

## Countries with the most observations

BW (181), KE (171), ZA (159), NA (111), ZW (107), ZM (79), UG (70), TZ (62), AO (47), RW (41), MW (33), BI (5)

## Summary

Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. The common name commemorates the Czech naturalist  Emil Holub. It is found from Gabon to Uganda and Kenya, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern South Africa. They have a yellow on their heads and light yellow eyes. They live for four years. Their usual call sounds like "chichi-chichi-chi-squirr ski-wee" but there is some variation from regions so some contact calls are a short "chirp.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holub%27s_golden_weaver

## Photo

![Tecelão-dourado-de-dorso-verde](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/holub-s-golden-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel van der Post · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32613060

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/holub-s-golden-weaver?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).