Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis - Tisserin à lunettes
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Plocéidés
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Genus:
Ploceus
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Species:
ocularis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 17 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 22 à 32 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Ploceus ocularis ocularis (extreme s Mozambique and ne, e South Africa)
- Ploceus ocularis crocatus (se Nigeria and Cameroon to sw Ethiopia, w Kenya, nw Tanzania, Angola, n Namibia and nw Botswana)
- Ploceus ocularis suahelicus (e Kenya to Mozambique)
Foreign names
- Tisserin à lunettes,
- Tejedor de anteojos,
- Tecelão-de-lunetas,
- Brillenweber,
- pápaszemes szövőmadár,
- Brilwever,
- Tessitore dagli occhiali,
- Glasögonvävare,
- Brillevever,
- pletiarka okuliarnatá,
- snovač brýlový,
- Brillevæver,
- vaaleasilmäkutoja,
- Brilwewer,
- teixidor d'antifaç,
- wikłacz okularowy,
- Очковый ткач,
- ノドグロキンイロハタオリ,
- 眼斑织巢鸟,
- 眼斑織布鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens
Sources of information
- Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe
- HBW Alive,
- Biodiversity explorer The web of life in Southern Africa,
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
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