White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Thornveld. Dark brown above with white eyebrows, wing-bars and feather edges; below white, with or without spotted breast; bill black; legs pink.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Distinguished by bold white eyebrow and, in flight, striking white rump and upper tail coverts. The spotted-breast race (b) is found in Zimbabwe. Sexes are alike; immature has a horn-coloured bill. Call is a harsh ‘chick-chick’; also a loud, rambling song of liquid notes ‘cheeoo-preeoo-chop-chop, cheeoo-trroo-cheeoo-preeoo-chop-chip…’. Pairs and loose flocks occur in dry thornveld, usually near the trees containing their nests. Conspicuous and active, nest-building at all times of year.
Quick Facts
Size
18 cm - S
Names
A: Koringvoël
Ss: Mohale
G: Mahaliweber
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 and loose 'flocks' occur in dry thornveld, usually near the trees containing their nests.
