Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Wetlands. All-yellow; wings darker; head with orange wash; bill and eye-stripe black; male with black bib; eyes pale.
Queleas, Sparrows, Weavers
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. An insectivorous weaver distinguished by pale eyes and black streak through eye to ear coverts; male also told by black bib; cf. [Cape Weaver]. Immature has a horn-coloured bill. Call is distinctive, a descending ‘tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee’. Pairs occur in riverine forest, fringes of lowland and coastal forests, thornveld around pans and vleis, around farmsteads and in suburbia. Not a social weaver.
Quick Facts
Size
15-16 cm - S
Names
A: Brilwewer
Z: uzibukwana
Ss: Letoloptje-Mmaloborele
G: Brillenweber
Bird Family
A very large group of conical-billed, mainly seed-eating birds. Many breed colonially and weave complicated nests that aid identification.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Pairs occur in riverine 'forest', fringes of lowland and coastal forests, thornveld around pans and vleis, around farmsteads and in suburbia.
