Lesser Masked Weaver

When to see the Lesser Masked 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 Lesser Masked Weaver

The map shades 20 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 Gabon.

About the Lesser Masked Weaver

The lesser masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It builds its nests in large colonies, often alongside the village weaver and sometimes the red-billed buffalo weaver. This species is commonly parasitised by the Diederik cuckoo. It is found in eastern, south-eastern and southern Africa.

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Easily confused with

Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafechtThe baglafecht weaver has a Total Body Length of 15 cm (5.9 in). Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafechtThe baglafecht weaver has a Total Body Length of 15 cm (5.9 in). Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthopsMales 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.