PASSERIDAE & PLOCEIDAE - Neil's Wildlife Journal

Old World sparrows, weavers and widowbirds

Sociable Weaver [Philetairus socius]

Adults - Location : Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 26 May 2006

Scaly-feathered Weaver [Sporopipes squamifrons fuligescens]

Adult of sub-species fuligescens - Location : Kgomo-Kgomo, North-West, South Africa – Date of image : 26 Mar 2006

Scaly-feathered Weaver [Sporopipes squamifrons squamifrons]

Adult of nominate - Location : Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 27 May 2006

Speckle-fronted Weaver [Sporopipes frontalis emini]

Adult of sub-species emini - Location : Trans Mara Gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya - Date of image : 24 Oct 2012

Speckle-fronted Weaver [Sporopipes frontalis emini]

Adults of sub-species emini - Location : Trans Mara Gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya - Date of image : 24 Oct 2012

Thick-billed Weaver [Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi]

Adult male of sub-species woltersi - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 17 Jan 2008

Thick-billed Weaver [Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi]

Adult male of sub-species woltersi - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 15 Jan 2008

Thick-billed Weaver [Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi]

Female of sub-species woltersi - Location : Hazyview Cabanas, Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 23 Aug 2009

Thick-billed Weaver [Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi]

Juveniles of sub-species woltersi - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 15 Jan 2008

Baglafecht Weaver [Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi]

Adult male of sub-species reichenowi - Location : Castle Forest Lodge, Mount Kenya, Kenya – Date of image : 29 Oct 2012

Little Weaver [Ploceus luteolus kavirondensis]

Adult male of sub-species kavirondensis - Location : near Lake Baringo, Kenya – Date of image : 27 Sep 2010

Spectacled Weaver [Ploceus ocularis ocularis]

Breeding male of nominate - Location : Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 14 Jan 2008

Spectacled Weaver [Ploceus ocularis ocularis]

Breeding male of nominate - Location : Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2007

Olive-naped Weaver [Ploceus brachypterus]

Adult male - Location : Nzérékoré, Guinea – Date of image : 11 Oct 2009

Cape Weaver [Ploceus capensis]

Breeding male on Ouhout (Leucosidea sericea) - Location : Giant’s Castle Camp, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Date of image : 30 Aug 2007

Cape Weaver [Ploceus capensis]

Breeding male - Location : near Memel, Free State, South Africa – Date of image : 13 Dec 2011

Cape Weaver [Ploceus capensis]

Breeding male on Cape Bulrush (Typha capensis) - Location : Kiara Lodge, near Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa – Date of image : 26 Feb 2012

Cape Weaver [Ploceus capensis]

Transitional plumage male - Location : Giant’s Castle Camp, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Aug 2007

Holub's Golden Weaver [Ploceus xanthops]

Female or non-breeding male - Location : Rosewood Lodge, Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia - Date of image : 26 Jul 2008

Taveta Weaver [Ploceus castaneiceps]

Females and breeding males - Location : Amboseli National Park, Kenya – Date of image : scanned from 35mm slide taken 05 Oct 1975