Chestnut and Black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus

Chestnut and Black male
Chestnut and Black male
Chestnut and Black male
The Chestnut and Black Weaver is native to West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Nigeria.
Chestnut and Black male
Chestnut and Black male building nest
Chestnut and Black nest
The male is black with chestnut plumage on his back and belly. They were previously classed as a subspecies of the wholly black Vieillot's Black Weaver but have recently been split out as a separate species. Like most other weaver birds, the male constructs a suspended woven-grass nest to attract a female.
Chestnut and Black female
Chestnut and Black female
Chestnut and Black
Like other weavers, the female has more sparrow-like cryptic brown plumage, including a brown rather than black head.