Weavers, Widowbirds

Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Ploceus heuglini

The Heuglin's Masked Weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a 23 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Weavers, Widowbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

23 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Rep., Togo, Mali, Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone.

Where to see it: Holy Trinity Peace Village (Kuron) (South Sudan); Sanbrado (Burkina Faso); Kalana (Mali); Benoue NP (Cameroon); Landa Pozenda (Togo).

Photo: (c) Lucky Okpanachi Atabo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist