a.k.a. Vitelline Masked Weaver

Note grey/black markings extension on mantle (extends toward head above wing attachment line -see other attached photos), distinctly red-eyes, mask shape is different from that of Black-headed/Village weaver. Scapulars not as distinctly marked as on Village weavers.

Male weaver working on building new nest.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species: P. vitellinus