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The Usambara weaver (Ploceus nicolli) is a bird found in Tanzania. Found in Tanzania. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Usambara weaver lives

Found in Tanzania.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Abdulrahman Adam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC626053. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Usambara weaver

Where does the Usambara weaver live?

The Usambara weaver lives in Tanzania. Found in Tanzania.

What does the Usambara weaver eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Usambara weaver endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Africa

• Ring-necked dove
• Red-eyed dove
• Egyptian goose
• Pied crow
• Blacksmith lapwing
• Southern masked weaver

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.