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Ploceus cucullatus · Family Ploceidae
Ploceus cucullatus
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 237,493
- Countries and territories with records
- 76
About this species
This species has 237,493 occurrence records from 76 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (48%), Kenya (8.8%), Uganda (5.8%), Nigeria (5.4%) and the Gambia (4.1%); together they account for 72.1% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.29% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ploceus cucullatus combines the genus name Ploceus with the species epithet cucullatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 54 species of the genus Ploceus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ploceus velatus, Ploceus capensis and Ploceus philippinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 6.1 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.