
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Mixed woodland. Red bill in both sexes; male blackish-brown, wing feather edges white, female paler on breast.

Mixed woodland. Red bill in both sexes; male blackish-brown, wing feather edges white, female paler on breast.

Bushveld. Red head, neck, breast and upper-tail coverts in male; red lores and upper tail in female; rest of body grey-brown.

Dune forests, bushveld. Black head and breast; rufous upperparts; white bill and underparts.

Bushveld. Grey head, nape and rump; black mask; rufous mantle and back; white underparts.


Bushveld. Buff and dark brown upperparts; pale underparts. Distinctive rattle at end of song; often sings from top of bush.

Riverine woodland. Has a purple crest on a shiny green head; red eye-ring and flight feathers.

Thorn savanna. Grey above (female with rufous mantle); white below; red soft parts.


Bushveld. Three almost identical species when breeding. When breeding, a variation between a whitish bill and reddish leg colours distinguish the species.(1) Red bill red leg; (2) whitish bill white leg; (3) Whiteish bill red leg.
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