male; mostly yellow plumage with orange breast patch (Zoo; 2012-09-19)


Taveta Weaver
Ploceus castaneiceps

Native Range: Africa

Notes: one of the weavers in which the male has burnt rufous on its breast; endemic to a narrow region in east-central Africa.


black eye and bill (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

olive-yellow upperparts (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

female; streaked olive-yellow upperparts (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

female; streaked olive-yellow upperparts (Zoo; 2012-10-09)