Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus) | Photos and ID

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Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus), photo 1 — Photo: Dan Riley · CC BY 4.0

Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus), photo 2 — Photo: Dan Riley · CC BY 4.0

Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus), photo 5 — Photo: Dan Riley · CC BY 4.0

Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Loango Weaver

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Loango Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country 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.

Gabon

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Brazzaville.

About the Loango Weaver

The Loango weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentusThe black-chinned weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentusThe black-chinned weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Bocage's WeaverPloceus temporalisBocage's weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

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