Search :   Ploceus katangae katangae  Linguistics Actual scientific name :   Ploceus katangae katangae        Old scientific name :   Textor velatus katangae        French name :   Tisserin masqué d'Afrique occ.       English name :   Katanga masked-Weaver       Vernacular name :   Luzeba (Kitabwa) ; Lisope (Kiluba) ; mulongwe (Kibemba)     Zoology Call :         Description :   Used to be considered as a subspecies of P. velatus. Breeding male is yellow with a black mask. This black mask terminates on the forehead (not on the mid-crown) and forms a point on the throat. Female, like all yellow weavers females, is green-pale yellow.         Habitat :           Behaviour :   Gregarious bird that likes savanna on the edge of rivers.        Diet :   Seeds but also insects.         Life history :   Nest during the second part of the rainy season. The nest is triangular with a short access tunnel situated in the inferior part.         Distribution in Katanga :         History, Ethnology, Sociology Interactions with humans :           Taboos :           Legends, believes, folklore :           Fishing, hunting :           Feeding :           Breeding, taming :           Uses of skin or other body parts :        Warning : This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors. The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed. We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us. +  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Passeriformes > Ploceidae (sparrows, weavers) Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL