Vitelline Masked Weaver

The Vitelline Masked Weaver is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Vitelline Masked Weaver this is cleaner with a sharper division between colours. The mask shows a clear cut off at the chin and doesn't extend above the eye. In the Northern Masked Weaver the mask extends down into the upper breast and above the eye. More

widowbird, the Vitelline masked weaver is distinguished from the lesser masked weaver by having the face and throat black and not extending behind the eye, the spotted back weaver has a full black or yellow crown. In the Vitelline, the iris is reddish in the male and brownish in the female. The non breeding birds and females have a pinkish bill not black as in the breeding male. Often found near water in dry savanna, woodland edges, in small groups of birds. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Vitelline Masked Weaver is classed as ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance. More

Vitelline Masked Weaver at its Nest, Ploceus Velatus, Samburu, Kenya, Africa Photographic Print by Joe & Mary Ann McDonald Vitelline Masked Weaver at its Nest, Ploceus Velatus, Samburu, Kenya, Africa Photographic Print by Joe & Mary Ann McDonald Vitelline Masked Weaver at its Nest, Ploceus Velatus, Samburu, Kenya, AfricaPhotographic Print 18 x 24 in Joe & Mary Ann McDonald$39. More