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When to see the Little 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 Little Weaver
The map shades 21 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 Rwanda.
About the Little Weaver
The little weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosusBoth the male and female look different from one another.
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollisThe black-necked weaver is a stocky 16 cm bird with a strong conical bill.
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollisThe black-necked weaver is a stocky 16 cm bird with a strong conical bill.
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