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The nelicourvi weaver is a slender sparrow-like bird of 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighing 20–28 g (0.71–0.99 oz). During the breeding period, the male has a black beak, (reddish) brown eyes and blackish to brownish grey legs. His head is black, including the cheeks, around the ears, the forehead, crown and nape. The black is surrounded by a broad yellow collar, that includes chin, breast, side and back of the neck. The yellow collar is on the other side bordered by a vaguely defined olive-green band. The lower chest and belly are bluish-grey, the lower flanks grey with a greenish hue.
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When to see the Nelicourvi Weaver
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Nelicourvi Weaver
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Nelicourvi Weaver
The nelicourvi weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Together with its closest relative, the sakalava weaver, it is sometimes placed in a separate genus Nelicurvius. A slender, sparrow-like bird, it is 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighing 20–28 g (0.71–0.99 oz). Breeding males have a black bill and head, brown eyes, yellow collar, grey belly, chestnut-brown lower tail coverts, olive back, and blackish flight feathers edged greenish. Non-breeding males have mottled grey and green heads. In the breeding female the front of the head is yellow and the back olive green, with a broad yellow eyebrow.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscusThe chestnut-and-black weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscusThe chestnut-and-black weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogasterThe black-billed weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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