PASSERIDAE & PLOCEIDAE - Neil's Wildlife Journal

Old World sparrows, weavers and widowbirds

Southern Brown-throated Weaver [Ploceus xanthopterus]

Breeding male - Location : Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 01 Jan 2009

Southern Brown-throated Weaver [Ploceus xanthopterus]

Breeding male on a Vachellia sp. thorn tree - Location : Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 01 Jan 2009

Southern Brown-throated Weaver [Ploceus xanthopterus]

Adult female on a Vachellia sp. thorn tree - Location : Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 01 Jan 2009

Southern Brown-throated Weaver [Ploceus xanthopterus]

Adult female - Location : Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 28 Dec 2008

Northern Masked Weaver [Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus]

Breeding male of nominate - Location : Soi Safari Lodge, Kampi Ya Samaki, Lake Baringo, Kenya – Date of image : 27 Sep 2010

Northern Masked Weaver [Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus]

Female of nominate - Location : Soi Safari Lodge, Kampi Ya Samaki, Lake Baringo, Kenya – Date of image : 27 Sep 2010

Lesser Masked Weaver [Ploceus intermedius cabanisii]

Breeding male of sub-species cabanisii - Location : Mopani, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 09 Oct 2006

Lesser Masked Weaver [Ploceus intermedius cabanisii]

Adult female of sub-species cabanisii - Location : Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 08 Nov 2008

Southern Masked Weaver [Ploceus velatus]

Breeding male - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 07 Dec 2011

Southern Masked Weaver [Ploceus velatus]

Breeding male - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 21 Dec 2008

Southern Masked Weaver [Ploceus velatus]

Female - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 09 Jan 2012

Southern Masked Weaver [Ploceus velatus]

Juvenile - Location : Pilanesberg National Park, North West, South Africa – Date of image : 19 Mar 2006

Katanga Masked Weaver [Ploceus katangae katangae]

Male and female of nominate - Location : near Shoebill Island Camp, Bangweulu Wetlands National Park, Muchinga Province, Zambia – Date of image : 05 May 2011

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus]

Breeding male of nominate - Location : Nzérékoré, Guinea – Date of image : 14 Mar 2010

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus]

Adult female of nominate - Location : Nzérékoré, Guinea – Date of image : 03 Oct 2009

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus]

Breeding male of sub-species spilonotus - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2012

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus]

Breeding male of sub-species spilonotus - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 09 Nov 2008

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus]

Breeding male of sub-species spilonotus - Location : Lake Panic bird hide, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2012

Village Weaver [Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus]

Female of sub-species spilonotus - Location : Sabie River Loop, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2011

Chestnut-and-black Weaver [Ploceus castaneofuscus]

Male - Location : Jurong Bird Park, Singapore – Date of image : 04 Mar 2018