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WoodlandDomed nestMedium · 76 g
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The body length of full grown red-billed buffalo weavers is 21 to 25 cm (8.3 to 9.8 in) and body mass averages 82.1 g (2.90 oz) in males and 70.7 g (2.49 oz) in females. This may the largest of the Ploceidae (weaver birds). Visually the sexes are not greatly differentiated from one another. The red-billed buffalo weaver is differentiated from the white-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) by the color of its bill. The feathers of the male are dark chocolate brown in color. The front wing edges and the wing tips are flecked with white. His bill is a shade of red.
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When to see the Red-billed Buffalo 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 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
The red-billed buffalo weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa. Its natural habitat is the dry savanna.
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Easily confused with
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostrisThe white-billed buffalo weaver is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostrisThe white-billed buffalo weaver is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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