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The black-necked weaver is a stocky 16 cm bird with a strong conical bill. The adult male of the northern race has olive upper-parts and wings, and yellow underparts and head. It has a black eye-mask and bib, and a pale yellow iris. The non-breeding male has a yellow head with an olive crown, grey upper-parts and whitish. The wings remain yellow and black. The adult female also has olive upper-parts and wings, and yellow underparts and head. It has a black eyemask but no bib.
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When to see the Black-necked Weaver
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-necked Weaver
The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-necked Weaver
The black-necked weaver is a resident breeding bird species in much of central Africa from Cameroon in the west to Kenya and southern Somalia in the east.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosusBoth the male and female look different from one another.
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinusThe vitelline masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinusThe vitelline masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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