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Bertram's weaver

Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 38 g to 40.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bertram's weaver

Weight
38 g – 40.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the bertram's weaver

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Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)
Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the bertram's weaver live?

Not recorded

What is the bertram's weaver?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is native to the Eastern Arc forests and mountains of Malawi.

It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, the son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater, who was a police commissioner in Malawi when Alexander Whyte discovered this species.

From the Wikipedia article “Bertram's weaver” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%27s_weaver&oldid=1380713896), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bertram's weaver endangered?

The bertram's weaver is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the bertram's weaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPloceidae
  6. genusPloceus
  7. SpeciesPloceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)

Synonyms Hyphantornis bertrandi, Hyphantornis nyasae, Malimbus bertrandi, Ploceus fülleborni, Ploceus nyassae

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Bertrand's weaverEnglish
  • BEWEEnglish
  • حباك بيرترامArabic
  • teixidor de BertramCatalan
  • snovač BertrandůvCzech
  • gwehydd BertrandWelsh
  • Bertrand´ VæverDanish
  • Bertrand’ VæverDanish
  • MalawiweberGerman
  • Bertrand-WeberGerman
  • BertrandweberGerman
  • bertrama teksbirdoEsperanto
  • Tejedor de MalawiSpanish
  • malawinkutojaFinnish
  • Malimbe de BertramFrench
  • Tisserin de BertramFrench
  • Tisserin de BertrandFrench
  • narančastočela pletiljaCroatian
  • Tessitore di BertrandItalian
  • クロエリハタオリJapanese
  • Bertrano audėjasLithuanian
  • Bertrams WeverDutch
  • Bertrands WeverDutch
  • safrankroneveverNorwegian
  • wikłacz masajskiPolish
  • tecelão-do-maláuiPortuguese
  • tecelão-de-máscara-pretaPortuguese
  • tecelão-malauianoPortuguese
  • Бертрандов ткачRussian
  • Малавийский ткачRussian
  • pletiarka čiernotylováSlovak
  • Bertramova tkaljaSerbian
  • bertramvävareSwedish
  • saffranskronad vävareSwedish
  • Malawi DokumacısıTurkish
  • ткачик мозамбіцькийUkrainian
  • 伯氏织雀Chinese
  • 坦尚織布鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the bertram's weaver

Other species in the same genus Ploceus.

LC, Least Concern
Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Baya weaver

Ploceus philippinus

Ploceidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bertram's weaver?

An adult bertram's weaver weighs 38 g – 40.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bertram's weaver endangered?

The bertram's weaver is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bertram's weaver?

The bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bertrams-weaver

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BibTeX
@misc{bertrams_weaver_2026,
  title = {Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bertrams-weaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}