Weavers, Widowbirds

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

The Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius) is a 21 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Weavers, Widowbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

16

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Uganda, Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, eSwatini, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Somalia.

Where to see it: Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); Virunga NP · Lulimbi station (Democratic Republic of the Congo); CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Lake Mburo NP (Uganda).

Photo: (c) Peter Archdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist