Weavers, Widowbirds
Rüppell's Weaver
Ploceus galbula
The Rüppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula) is a 22 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Weavers, Widowbirds
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 22 g
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Diet
- Plants and seeds
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 10
Recorded in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen, Kuwait, Eritrea, Bahrain, Sudan.
Where to see it: Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Decan Wildlife Refuge (Djibouti); Ayn Hamran (Oman); CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Mansoor Hotel (Somalia).
Photo: (c) Joey Bom, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist