African Bird Club

Tanzania Masked Weaver - Adult male in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Pete Leonard

Location

» Saise River, Mbala District, Northern Province

Country image taken

» Zambia

Date

» January, 1996

Equipment

» prehistoric fujica

Bird Species

»Ploceus reichardi - Tanzanian Masked Weaver

Bird Species (French)

»Tisserin de Reichard

Bird Family

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

Bird Group

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» mist-netted going to roost in papyrus swamp, feeds by day in thornveld / termitaria