Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2013
Text last updated February 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Versamelvoël |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен социален тъкач |
| Catalan | teixidor republicà social |
| Croatian | smeđokapa pletilja |
| Dutch | Republikeinwever |
| English | Sociable Weaver |
| English (United States) | Sociable Weaver |
| Estonian | ühis-kangurlind |
| French | Républicain social |
| French (Canada) | Républicain social |
| German | Siedelweber |
| Icelandic | Félagsvefari |
| Japanese | シャカイハタオリ |
| Norwegian | blokkvever |
| Polish | tkacz |
| Russian | Общественный ткачик |
| Serbian | Društvena tkalja |
| Slovak | družník vrabcovitý |
| Spanish | Tejedor Republicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tejedor republicano |
| Swedish | kolonivävare |
| Turkish | Sosyal Dokumacı |
| Ukrainian | Магалі-снувальник |
| Zulu | unosidlekekazi |
Philetairus socius (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Loxia socia
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.381.
TYPE LOCALITY:
inland of Cape of Good Hope. Restricted to Warmbad, South West Africa, by Macdonald, 1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 156.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PHILETAIRUS
- socius
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Sociable Weaver
