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Bocage's weaver

Ploceus temporalis (Bocage, 1880)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 35.8 g to 47.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis)
Photo: Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bocage's weaver

Weight
35.8 g – 47.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.6 – 2.8src 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

Where does the bocage's weaver live?

Not recorded

What is the bocage's weaver?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is found in riparian zones of Angola, Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia. The riparian zones it inhabits includes swamps, marshes, and streamside vegetation, usually in areas with tall grasses and trees.

Breeding males possess a distinctive golden-yellow head and crown, with a long, thin, dusky-olive bib and cream-colored eyes. They are known to be colonial, with upwards of 30 nests, often suspended from branches over water. Their diet consists primarily of insects such as beetles and caterpillars.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, who described the species in 1880.

From the Wikipedia article “Bocage's weaver” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bocage%27s_weaver&oldid=1379826476), 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 bocage's weaver endangered?

The bocage'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 bocage's weaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPloceidae
  6. genusPloceus
  7. SpeciesPloceus temporalis (Bocage, 1880)

Synonyms Hyphantornis temporalis, Malimbus temporalis, Ploceus capensis temporalis

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • BOWEEnglish
  • teixidor de BocageCatalan
  • snovač zambijskýCzech
  • gwehydd BocageWelsh
  • BocagevæverDanish
  • BocageweberGerman
  • Bocage-WeberGerman
  • angola teksbirdoEsperanto
  • Tejedor de BocageSpanish
  • angolankutojaFinnish
  • Malimbe de BocageFrench
  • Tisserin à joues olivesFrench
  • Tisserin de BocageFrench
  • potočna pletiljaCroatian
  • Tessitore di BocageItalian
  • アンゴラハタオリJapanese
  • Bokažės audėjasLithuanian
  • Bocages WeverDutch
  • olivenveverNorwegian
  • wikłacz buszmeńskiPolish
  • tecelão-de-bocagePortuguese
  • tecelão-de-papo-verdePortuguese
  • Ангольский ткачRussian
  • Ангольский золотой ткачRussian
  • pletiarka riečnaSlovak
  • Angolska tekstor tkaljaSerbian
  • angolavävareSwedish
  • Bocage DokumacısıTurkish
  • ткачик замбійськийUkrainian
  • 安哥拉织雀Chinese
  • 安哥拉織布鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the bocage's weaver

Other species in the same genus Ploceus.

LC, Least Concern
Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Baya weaver

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Ploceidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bocage's weaver?

An adult bocage's weaver weighs 35.8 g – 47.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bocage's weaver endangered?

The bocage'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 bocage's weaver?

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

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BibTeX
@misc{bocages_weaver_2026,
  title = {Bocage's weaver (Ploceus temporalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bocages-weaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}