Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Clarke's Weaver (Ploceus golandi), recorded as Endangered
Clarke's Weaver (Ploceus golandi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Clarke's Weaver

Ploceus golandi

Clarke's Weaver is a perching bird in the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) — Ploceus golandi, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ploceus golandi
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Ploceidae · Ploceus

The perching bird

Published measurements include mass about 23.

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Clarke's Weaver is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Clarke's Weaver — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1311195. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Bates's Weaver (Ploceus batesi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Bates's Weaver

Ploceus batesi
Photograph of Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Finn's Weaver

Ploceus megarhynchus
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Clarke's Weaver?
Clarke's Weaver is a perching bird in the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) — Ploceus golandi.
What is the conservation status of Clarke's Weaver?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ploceus golandi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Clarke's Weaver live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Why is Clarke's Weaver in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ploceus golandi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Clarke's Weaver a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.