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Lesser Masked Weaver
Kleingeelvink · Ploceus intermedius
A small, neat weaver, the breeding male yellow with a black face mask that reaches up over the forehead and crown, and pale whitish eyes and bluish legs. It nests colonially, weaving compact kidney-shaped nests with short entrance tunnels, frequently over water. Non-breeding birds and females are plain yellowish-buff and best told from relatives by the eye colour.
Log your Lesser Masked Weaver sighting — free →How to identify it
Breeding male's black mask extends up over the crown and onto the forehead, and the eye is pale whitish, not red.
Listen for its call
Swizzling sizzle-and-chatter song at the nest.
Where to see it in Kruger
Resident in woodland and riverine trees, breeding in colonies that often hang their tidy nests over water.
Did you know
Tell it from its cousins by its pale ghostly eye, like two little white beads on its face.
Often confused with
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