Weavers (Ploceidae)
Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus) - HBW 15, p. 170
French: Tisserin minule
German: Zwergweber
Spanish: Tejedor Chico
Other common names: Little Masked-weaver
Taxonomy: Fringilla luteola M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823, Senegal.
Has been thought to form a species group or a superspecies with P. pelzelni and P. subpersonatus, but such a relationship considered unlikely. Birds from W foot of Mt Elgon, in Uganda, sometimes separated as race kavirondensis, but considered inseparable from those in rest of species' range. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, C & S Mali, Burkina Faso and N Ivory Coast E to N Cameroon, S Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, W Ethiopia, Eritrea, NE DRCongo, Uganda (except SW), W Kenya and N Tanzania (in Serengeti).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in non-breeding plumage, bathing in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp luteolus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A bird in non-breeding in a terrace, feeding on bread and being chased by a Superb Starling. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp luteolus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 10 sec 4 -
A male foraging in an acacia tree, briefly joined by a female. Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp luteolus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 3.8 -
searching for food Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 September 2010 2 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
A male in breeding plumage, moving in a tree Locality Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp kavirondensis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 6 years ago 13 sec 2.4
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Adult-non breeding
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 16 February 2012 27 weeks ago 4 -
A male near a feeder.
Locality Robert's Camp, Lake Baringo, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 5 September 2012 22 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male bird perched in an acacia tree
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana
Ian Fulton 7 March 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
A bird perched in a tree but partly hidden
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 2 June 2011 1 year ago 2
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