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The southern masked weaver is 11–14.5 cm (4.3–5.7 in) long with a short, strong, conical bill and pinkish brown legs. The adult male in breeding plumage has a black face, throat and beak, red eye, bright yellow head and underparts, and a plain yellowish-green back, The female has a pinkish-brown bill, brown or red-brown eye and is dull greenish-yellow, streaked darker on the upper back. The throat is yellowish, fading to off-white on the belly. The non-breeding male resembles the female but retains the red eye. The juvenile of this species is like the female.
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When to see the Southern Masked Weaver
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Southern Masked Weaver
The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 2 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, Mauritius.
About the Southern Masked Weaver
The southern masked weaver, or African masked weaver, is a resident breeding bird species common throughout southern Africa.
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Easily confused with
Cape WeaverPloceus capensisThe Cape weaver is a stocky 17 cm long bird with streaked olive-brown upperparts and a long pointed conical bill.
Cape WeaverPloceus capensisThe Cape weaver is a stocky 17 cm long bird with streaked olive-brown upperparts and a long pointed conical bill.
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusThe village weaver is a stocky, 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) bird with a strong conical bill and dark reddish eyes.
Side by side: Cape Weaver vs Southern Masked Weaver · Southern Masked Weaver vs Village Weaver
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