Associated observations |
Date Added
March 17, 2017
09:11 PM EDT
Description
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
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