Pseudonigrita cabanisi
| Black-capped social weaver | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Pseudonigrita |
| Species: | P. cabanisi |
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Pseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) |
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The black-capped social weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi) is a sparrow-like of bird that has been assigned to the weaverbird family. Adults have a large black cap, ivory-colored bill, red eyes, brown back and wings, blackish-brown tail, white throat and underparts with a black midline, and dark horn-colored legs. It is found in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
In 1884, the black-capped social weaver was first described by German East-Africa explorer Gustav Fischer and German ornithologist Anton Reichenow as Nigrita cabanisi, based on a specimen collected in 1883 by Fischer in the Pare Mountains. In 1903, Reichenow assigned the species to his newly erected genus Pseudonigrita, because he considered P. arnaudi and P. cabanisi related to weaverbirds (Ploceidae), while the other species Nigrita bicolor, N. canicapillus, N. fusconota and N. luteifrons are negrofinches assigned to the estrildid finches. In 1942, Hans von Boetticher was of the opinion that our species was different enough to assign it to its own genus, and made the new combination Somalita cabanisi. The species name cabanisi, honors Jean Cabanis, a German ornithologist.
"Black-capped social weaver" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). Other common names include Cabanis's social waxbill, and black-headed sociable weaver. In Swahili it is called korobindo utosi-mweusi.
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