PLOCEIDAE

BAYA WEAVER



Location : Malim Nawar, Perak
Date : ‎‎‎4 December 2020

15 cm Male breeding angelorum: Yellow crown, plain buffishbrown breast.Male non-breeding/female: Rather plain head-sides, quite plain warm brown breast, sometimes faintly dark-streaked at sides (no obvious streaks); whitish throat and vent.Juvenile: Like female but breast and flanks rather deeper buff, crown-streaking broader and more broken.Male breeding infortunatus (south of c.12°N; ? C Annam, Cochinchina): More rufescent base-colour above, darker/more rufescent breast/flanks. Other subspecies P.p.burmanicus (Myanmar, except Tenasserim). VOICE Sings with chattering notes, then wheezy cher-wiu. Harsh chit notes. HABITAT Cultivation, grassland, open areas, secondary growth; up to 1,220 m. RANGE Un/lc R (except C Laos, W,E Tonkin, N Annam).