Olive-naped Weaver

Ploceus brachypterus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestSmall · 27 g

When to see the Olive-naped Weaver

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Olive-naped Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 15 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 Mali.

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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