Ploceus melanogaster
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-billed weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It has multiple isolated elevated populations across sub-Saharan Africa : the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests.
Black-billed weaver – Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
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Kenya · 2018
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-billed Weaver sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 463 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May, July and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-billed Weaver in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, June, August–September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-billed Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Black-billed Weaver sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 10%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, under 5%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Black-billed Weaver that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Brown-capped Weaver (about 40%), Baglafecht Weaver (about 30%) and Black-necked Weaver (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-billed Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (463 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
