Bar-winged Weaver

About the Bar-winged Weaver

The bar-winged weaver (Ploceus angolensis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. The weaver is 13cm in length, with dark coloring on the top of the bird's body and light on the bottom. It has dark blackish-brown feathers covering the top of the head and continuing down onto the wings. The wings also contain white tips at the end of each feather, with the female containing much more white. In the middle of the wings, a yellow strip runs down the back of the weaver. The tail resembles the same blackish-brown coloring that is on the head and wings. The chin and belly have a white and yellow wash of color and the females are seen with a whiter coloring. The bill is black, the legs are brown, and the eye iris of the weaver is red.

Bar-winged weavers are insectivorous. Specifically, they eat mantids (Mantidae), beetles (Coleoptera), and chironomid larvae (Diptera). They forage for their food on trees covered with lichens and Usnea and move like nuthatches to find their food.

Weavers live in mature evergreen (Cryptosepalum) forests and miombo (Brachystegia) woodland which... Wikipedia →