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Holub's Golden Weaver

Holub's Golden Weaver - 1st year

Photographer

» Pete Leonard

Location

» Kafue Fisheries, Kafue District, Lusaka Province, Zambia

Country image taken

» Zambia

Date

» May, 1995

Equipment

» prehistoric fujica slr

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

» young Ploceus xanthops caught within mixed weaver flock after end of breeding season - note the dark iris and uniform yellow plumage. Also note the dull brownish-grey legs. Leg colour seems somewhat variable in this species ranging from pink to blue-grey to brown and it does not necessarily seem to be age related.

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