The Dark-backed Weaver has dark brown upperparts and golden-yellow underparts. Some regional forms have grey backs. It lives in forest and closed woodland, where it searches among leaves and bark for small invertebrates.
Adults have dark brown upperparts and golden-yellow underparts. The back is grey in some races.
It is usually seen in pairs or family groups. It probes leaves and bark for arthropods and also eats fruit, nectar and flowers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.