White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Thornveld. Dark brown above with white eyebrows, wing-bars and feather edges; below white, with or without spotted breast; bill black; legs pink.
Bird Family: Sparrows
Village Weaver
Wetlands. Male yellow with dark wings; yellow-speckled mantle; black mask from eyebrows to throat, or entirely black head; bill black; eyes red. Female lacks speckled mantle and mask; throat and breast yellow; belly whitish; eyes red; bill pinkish.
Thick-billed Weaver
Reedbeds and adjacent bush. Male blackish-brown all over, with a white wing-spot and white forehead when breeding; bill black; female dark brown above, whitish below, heavily streaked dark brown; bill horn-coloured.
Spectacled Weaver
Wetlands. All-yellow; wings darker; head with orange wash; bill and eye-stripe black; male with black bib; eyes pale.
Southern Masked Weaver
Wetlands and gardens. Breeding male yellow with black mask from forehead to throat; black bill; red eyes. Female greener above, whitish below with yellow wash on breast.
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Chestnut upperparts with grey head; small white wing-bar; bill black or horn-coloured.
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Wetlands. All-yellow; male has brown throat-patch; black bill. Female greener above; white belly; bill horn-coloured.
Sociable Weaver
Dry acacia woodland. Scaled light grey-brown above; cap light brown; lores and chin black; rest of underparts white.
Scaly-feathered Weaver
Thornveld. black and white scaling on light brown upper feathers.
