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Photo by Tully
Location: Fairview Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Ploceus xanthops

[edit] Identification

Length 15-17 cm, mass 21-39 g. Males larger than females.

A large 'golden' weaver with pale yellow eyes.

[edit] Distribution

Eastern South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, Angola, southern, extreme western and extreme eastern DRC, south-eastern Congo, Malawi, western Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and western Kenya.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Woodland and savanna.

[edit] Behaviour

Forages in dense vegetation for fruit, nectar and insects. Hawks for termite alates.

[edit] Breeding

Nests solitarily, or in small groups. The male weaves a kidney-shaped nest with a short entrance tube, using coarse grass, usually over water. One to three eggs are incubated by the female for 14-15 days. Parasitised by Dideric Cuckoo.

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