Heuglin's Masked Weaver
Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Heuglin's Masked Weaver (Ploceus heuglini). Female on left; male on right. Photograph of a specimen at Nairobi National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Heuglin's masked weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast and east to Uganda and western Kenya.
Wikipedia contributors, Heuglin's masked weaver; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:17:35.347964+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886
- Name authority
- Reichenow, 1886
- Common name
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Genus
- Ploceus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPloceidae Sundevall, 1836
- genusPloceus Cuvier, 1816
- speciesPloceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ploceus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha (Bocage, 1876) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strange WeaverPloceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-winged WeaverPloceus angolensis (Bocage, 1878) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bates's WeaverPloceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape WeaverPloceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taveta WeaverPloceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ploceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant WeaverPloceus grandis (G. R. Gray, 1844) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little WeaverPloceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562302 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KH8H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.