Eastern Golden Weaver

When to see the Eastern Golden Weaver

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eastern Golden Weaver

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Somalia.

About the Eastern Golden Weaver

The eastern golden weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Alternative names used for the eastern golden weaver include yellow weaver, olive-headed golden weaver, and African golden weaver.

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Easily confused with

Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusBreeding males have a black head and yellow nuchal collar, which is absent in the Juba and golden-backed weavers. Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusBreeding males have a black head and yellow nuchal collar, which is absent in the Juba and golden-backed weavers. Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolorThe dark-backed weaver, also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.