Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusAnaplectes (Red-headed Weavers)
- SpeciesAnaplectes rubriceps (Red-headed Weaver)
The red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Anaplectes and is found throughout the Afrotropics. The red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) is a bird commonly found in eastern and southern Africa in countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe and most of Mozambique and Botswana. They frequent savanna biomes as well as bushland and other wooded areas. At this time the species trend is stable and the population is concentrated and not fragmented into different regions. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve
African Golden-Weaver
Ploceus subaureus
Zanzibar Bishop
Euplectes nigroventris
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Ploceus intermedius
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Red-headed Quelea
Quelea erythrops
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-headed Weaver at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there