Brown-capped weaver

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| name = Brown-capped weaver

| image = Brown-capped Weaver - Kakamega - Kenya_06_2716 (22227720784).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Ploceus insignis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22719040A94608295 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719040A94608295.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Ploceus

| species = insignis

| authority = (Sharpe, 1891)

| synonyms =

}}

The brown-capped weaver (Ploceus insignis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.