Rüppell's Weaver

When to see the Rüppell's Weaver

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rüppell's Weaver

The map shades 11 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 United Arab Emirates.

About the Rüppell's Weaver

Rüppell's weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae, which is native to the northern Afrotropics. The species is named after the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884).

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Easily confused with

Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoniMale Golden-backed Weaver body's are bright yellow, while their heads are black, their stomachs are orange-brown, and they have a hint of dark green on their wing feather. Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelniThe slender-billed weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelniThe slender-billed weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae.