Subspecies P. m. flaviceps : male and female in breeding plumage
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, May-2014
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, May-2014
- Ploceus manyar
Identification
15 cm (6 in): short and slightly rounded tail
- Golden yellow crown
- Dark brown head and throat
- Heavy streaks on breast
- Dark brown upperparts with fulvous streaks
- Buffy underparts with dark brown streaks
- Brownish-black, short, stout bill
Female
- Buffish throat breast and flanks with heavy brown streaks
- Heavily streaked crown
- Dark-brown ear-coverts
- Yellowish supercilium
- Yellow patch on the side of the neck
- White chin, upper throat and belly
- Pale flesh-coloured bill.
Distribution
Subspecies P. m. flaviceps : non-breeding male
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, April-2017
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, April-2017
South Asia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- P. m. flaviceps:
- P. m. peguensis:
- North-eastern India (Assam) to Bangladesh and northern Myanmar
- P. m. williamsoni:
- P. m. manyar:
Habitat
Reedbeds, marsh lands, agricultural areas and rice paddies.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of seeds, particularly grass seed.
Breeding
They nest in small colonies in reed beds. The globe-shaped nest has a long entrance tunnel. It is woven from grass and plant fibres.
Vocalisation
A soundscape where many males were engaged in nest building and displaying as well. A reedbed in a wetland provided a colonial roosting site for a group of Streaked Weaver.
Recording by Alok Tewari
Basai Wetlands, Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, May-2014
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
- Oriental Bird Club
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Streaked Weaver. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Streaked_Weaver
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