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Holub's Golden Weaver

Holub's Golden Weaver - Juvenile

Photographer

» Jacki Hill

Location

» Moremi, Okavango, Botswana

Country image taken

» Botswana

Date

» November, 2002

Equipment

» Canon EOS D30 with Canon 28-105mm ultrasonic lens

Bird Species

»Ploceus xanthops - Holub’s Golden Weaver

Bird Species (French)

»Tisserin safran

Bird Family

»Ploceidae - Weavers, Malimbes, Bishops, Widowbirds, Fodies

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» It's a juvenile Ploceus xanthops - big chunky bill, dark irides and very yellow underparts - juvs of all the other contenders have paler underparts. What's more - it's v young - looks like it's still growing its remiges and the bill is a bit short too and still has remnant gape wattles! / PL

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