Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Ploceus heuglini

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestSmall · 23 g

When to see the Heuglin's Masked Weaver

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Chad, Liberia, Malawi.

About the Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Heuglin's masked weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast and east to Uganda and western Kenya.

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Easily confused with

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