Weaver (Taveta Golden)

Endemic to the border region of southern Kenya and NE Tanzania



Unlike many other ploceus weavers it shows no seasonal variation in plumage which makes the adults easy to distinguish at all times of the year. In colouring it is similar to the Golden Palm Weaver when in its sub-adult plumage but the adult male pluamge (yellow-olive back, wings and tail, rufous crescent on head and rufous breast patch) is very distinctive. In any case the Golden Palm Weaver and Taveta Golden Weaver do not overlap in range. Males have the rufuss colouring and the female does not.

They make the nests over water using fresh, green grass to build its spherical shape and build the entrance on the bottom. Weavers get their name from the elaborate woven nests they make.



Photographed at Animal Kingdom, Orlando, FL