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White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Koringvoël · Plocepasser mahali
A brown, sparrow-like bird with a bold white eyebrow stripe and a white rump that flashes in flight. It lives in chatty family groups and builds untidy, scruffy nests of dry grass that hang on the western side of thorn trees. These colonies are easy to spot, and the birds bustle about noisily, feeding on seeds and insects on the ground below.
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A broad white eyebrow stripe and white rump on a brown sparrow-like bird, often near messy grass nests in thorn trees.
Listen for its call
Loud cheery liquid "cheeoop-preeoo" chattering from the colony tree.
Where to see it in Kruger
Common in dry thornveld in the central and northern park, with their untidy nests obvious in roadside acacia trees.
Did you know
Their scruffy grass nests are usually built on the windier side of the tree, which may help keep the colony cool.
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