Heuglin's masked weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast...
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southern masked weaver (Ploceus velatus), or African masked weaver, is a resident breeding bird species common throughout southern Africa. This weaver is very...
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Ploceidae (redirect from Weaver bird)
colony of Sakalava weavers, Madagascar Spherical village weaver nests suspended from a palm tree, West Africa A southern masked weaver building his nest...
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The northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia...
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The Tanzanian masked weaver (Ploceus reichardi), or Tanganyika masked weaver, is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in and...
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The vitelline masked weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa. male...
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The black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) is a resident breeding bird species in much of central Africa from Cameroon in the west to Kenya and southern...
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The sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) is a species of bird in the weaver family, endemic to Southern Africa. It is the only species in its genus Philetairus...
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The lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It builds its nests in large colonies, often alongside the...
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buffalo weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This common weaver occurs in...
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The village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with P. melanocephalus)...
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The Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae, found in southern Africa. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin...
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The Katanga masked weaver (Ploceus katangae) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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The baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands...
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thrush Hermit warbler Hermit wood wren Heuglin's bustard Heuglin's masked weaver Heuglin's spurfowl Heuglin's wheatear Highland elaenia Highland guan...
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passerine bird belonging to the bishop and widowbird genus Euplectes in the weaver family, the Ploceidae. It is common in wetlands and grassland in Africa...
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Red-billed quelea (redirect from Red-billed weaver)
red-billed quelea (/ˈkwiːliə/; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing...
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female and non-breeding male lack the black head, and resemble a female masked weaver, except that they have dark eyes and a darker bill. Their buffy breast...
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Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. This common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near...
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The Lufira masked weaver (Ploceus ruweti), also known as Ruwet's masked weaver or the Lake Lufira weaver, is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae...
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List of birds of Kenya (section Weavers and allies)
Vitelline masked-weaver, Ploceus vitellinus Heuglin's masked-weaver, Ploceus heuglini Rüppell's weaver, Ploceus galbula (A) Speke's weaver, Ploceus spekei...
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The thick-billed weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons), or grosbeak weaver, is a distinctive and bold species of weaver bird that is native to the Afrotropics...
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The white-headed buffalo weaver or white-faced buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to East...
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Erdmann Isert in 1789 in Accra, Ghana. Euplectes directly translates to “good weaver,” while franciscanus relates to the Franciscans, a religious order from...
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The red-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis niger) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa. Its natural...
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List of birds of Africa (section Weavers and allies)
the Congo) Heuglin's masked-weaver, Ploceus heuglini (E) Rüppell's weaver, Ploceus galbula Speke's weaver, Ploceus spekei (E) Fox's weaver, Ploceus spekeoides...
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combines the Ancient Greek eu "fine" or "good" and the Neo-Latin plectes "weaver". The specific progne is Latin for a "swallow. Three subspecies are recognised:...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foudia madagascariensis. Red fody species text on Weaver Watch Madagascar red fody at Soavoanio plantation, SAVA...
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The olive-naped weaver (Ploceus brachypterus) is a bird species in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Senegal and Gambia to Cameroon...
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black-billed sparrow weaver, Kismayu sparrow-weaver, stripe-breasted sparrow-weaver, white-browed weaver bird, and white-crowned weaver bird. In kikamba its...
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