Male © Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul eBird S37696261 Macaulay Library ML 129615951
Female © Brian Sullivan
Male © Laurie Ross | Tracks Birding & Photography Tours
Female © Edward Brinkley
Nest © Pattaraporn Vangtal

Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus

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Identification

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Bright yellow finch with a thick, powerful bill. Male is daffodil-yellow with a black mask, dark bill, and scaly speckling on the back. Female is duller yellow with light pink in the bill, weaker back patterning, and a much fainter head pattern. Baya Weaver is less extensively yellow, with the female having darker patterning on the back and wings than Asian Golden Weaver. Inhabits lowland wet farmland and natural wetlands where the male builds round grass nests in small colonies. Native to mainland Southeast Asia and Sumatra; introduced to Singapore.

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