Spectacled weaver

Spectacled weaver
Male P. o. ocularis Mpumalanga, South Africa
Female in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. ocularis
Binomial name
Ploceus ocularis Smith, 1828

The spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found widely in woodland, forest edge and gardens of central, eastern and south-eastern Africa, but is absent from the most arid regions (such as the Karoo) and dense, primary rainforest. This common species breeds in solitary pairs, and both sexes are bright yellow, have an olive-yellow back, black "spectacles" and pale eyes. The male has a black throat.

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  male feeding
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  Female in Durban, South Africa (yellow throat)
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  Suspended nest with long entrance spout

References

• Craig 2010. Family Ploceidae. pp. 74–197 in: del Hoyo, Elliott and Christie, eds. 2010. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

External links

• Spectacled weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
• Spectacled weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
• Image at ADW