Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestSmall · 27 g

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Viken, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) andygpos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) andygpos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Charlotte Kirchner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) andygpos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) abotto, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Olive-naped Weaver

The olive-naped weaver is a bird species in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Senegal and Gambia to Cameroon.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Ghana Gambia Nigeria Liberia Senegal Côte d’Ivoire Guinea-Bissau Guinea Cameroon Sierra Leone Togo Benin Equatorial Guinea Burkina Faso Niger

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mali.

When to see it

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Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignisThe brown-capped weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelniThe slender-billed weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae.

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