Weavers (Ploceidae)
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) - HBW 15, p. 178
French: Tisserin de Speke
German: Somaliweber
Spanish: Tejedor de Speke
Taxonomy: Hyphantornis spekei Heuglin, 1861, north Somalia.
Thought to form a superspecies with P. spekeoides. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Ethiopia, N & E Somalia, and SW & C Kenya S to NC Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female feeding on the ground Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A male perched and looking around Locality Nairobi, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Chris and Megan Perkins 30 November 2006 5 years ago 12 sec 4 -
A male in a tree Locality Nairobi, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Chris and Megan Perkins 30 November 2006 5 years ago 12 sec 4
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This little guy landed on the land cruiser.
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Clark Cipryk 11 February 2011 2 years ago 4.1 -
adult male
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Speke's Weaver
Locality Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya
NCairns 5 November 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
Bird in tree
Locality Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 September 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
On a fence
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 9 February 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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