Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 41 g

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 1 — Photo: biogeek · CC BY 4.0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 2 — Photo: Robert Taylor · CC BY 4.0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 3 — Photo: Timothy Whitehead · CC BY 4.0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 4 — Photo: Timothy Whitehead · CC BY 4.0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Holub's Golden Weaver sounds like

Sonogram of the Holub's Golden Weaver: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Males differentiate from the females because of their full yellow heads, bright greenish-yellow body and the bit of orange under their chins that continues to the upper breast. The coloring on the females are duller and they only have the yellow coloring on the forehead. The males and the females share several similar characteristics, dull brown wings on the upper portion and then the lower portion having a yellow coloring. As they have light yellow eyes, black bills and pink legs.

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When to see the Holub's Golden Weaver

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

Where to see the Holub's Golden Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 16 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.

South Africa Kenya Zimbabwe Botswana Zambia Namibia Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Congo - Kinshasa Malawi Angola Mozambique Eswatini Burundi Congo - Brazzaville

Recorded as a rare visitor in Gabon.

About the Holub's Golden Weaver

Holub's golden weaver, also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. The common name commemorates the Czech naturalist Emil Holub. It is found from Gabon to Uganda and Kenya, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern South Africa. They have a yellow on their heads and light yellow eyes. They live for four years. Their usual call sounds like "chichi-chichi-chi-squirr ski-wee" but there is some variation from regions so some contact calls are a short "chirp.

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Easily confused with

Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolorThe dark-backed weaver, also known as the forest weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureusThe eastern golden weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

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