Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreShrublandDomed nestSmall · 20 g

When to see the Vitelline Masked 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 Vitelline Masked Weaver

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 23 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 Togo, United States.

About the Vitelline Masked Weaver

The vitelline masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in western, central, and eastern Africa.

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