Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons) | Photos and ID

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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 12 g

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), photo 1 — Photo: o2k · CC0

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), photo 2 — Photo: o2k · CC0

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), photo 3 — Photo: le0p0ld_d · CC BY 4.0

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), photo 4 — Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), photo 5 — Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0

When to see the Scaly-feathered Weaver

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Scaly-feathered Weaver

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Angola Zambia

About the Scaly-feathered Weaver

The scaly-feathered weaver, also known as the scaly-feathered finch, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalisThe speckle-fronted weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

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