Streaked Weaver

What the Streaked Weaver sounds like

Recorded by Sudipto Roy · Call · Mangalajodi, Khordha, Odisha, India · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Streaked 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 Streaked Weaver

The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Streaked Weaver

The streaked weaver is a species of weaver bird found in South Asia and South-east Asia in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and also introduced in Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). These are not as common as the baya weaver but are similar looking but have streaked underparts.

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

Easily confused with

Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensisThe black-breasted weaver is sparrow-sized with a total body length of about 15 cm. Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthusThe breeding male is generally bright yellow with a black mask (diagnostic in Asia). Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusBreeding males have a black head and yellow nuchal collar, which is absent in the Juba and golden-backed weavers.