Dark-backed Weaver
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Passeriformes
- family: Ploceidae
- genus: Ploceus
- species: Ploceus bicolor
- Malabo
Bioko Norte
Equatorial Guinea- Lékoni
Haut-Ogooué
Gabon- Zomba
Southern Region
Malawi- Pemba
Cabo Delgado
Mozambique- East London
- Port Alfred
- Port Saint John’s
Eastern Cape
South Africa- Ndola
Copperbelt
Zambia- Chipinge
- Mutare
- Penhalonga
Manicaland
Zimbabwe