Dark-backed weaver

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| name = Dark-backed weaver

| image = Dark-backed weaver, Ploceus bicolor, also known as the forest weaver at Ndumo Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (28841131011).jpg

| image_caption = Dark-backed weaver at Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Ploceus bicolor |volume=2018 |page=e.T22719017A132123985 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719017A132123985.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Ploceus

| species = bicolor

| authority = Vieillot, 1819

| synonyms =

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The dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor), also known as the forest weaver, 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, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.