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Male © Kevin Vande Vusse eBird S43080902 Macaulay Library ML 87009191
Female © Michel Bourque
Male © Jean-Louis Carlo
Female © Morgan Van Peursem
Male © Alec Hopping

Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei

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A chunky, short-tailed, long-billed weaver of dry country. Breeding males are mostly yellow with a black face mask, a pale eye, and a heavily streaked back. Females, non-breeding males, and juveniles are much duller, brownish-olive overall with a pale eye. Found locally in open savanna, often in small flocks. Superficially similar to the pale-eyed Lesser Masked-Weaver, but much chunkier and larger-billed, with a streakier back. Vocalizations are typical of weavers: “chek” notes and a squealing, sizzling “radio static” song.

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