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Birds
Scaly-feathered weaver
Scaly-feathered weaver · Sporopipes squamifrons
Small, sociable bird with a fine moustache-like stripe and a scaly-patterned head, perfectly adapted to dry bush landscapes.
Fact file
- Size
- Around 11 cm long, appears rounded and compact
- Males and females
- Sexes look very similar, males sing more often
- Sounds
- Soft, constant twittering, often varied in groups
- Diet
- Small seeds, fine grasses and occasionally insects
- Offspring
- 4 to 7 chicks per brood, nest usually spherical and well hidden
How to identify Scaly-feathered weaver
Scaly-feathered weavers stand out with their speckled brown-grey plumage. The fine, scale-like feathers on the head give the small bird a strikingly patterned look. Particularly noticeable is the white, moustache-like stripe on the cheeks that gives the bird its German name, sitting like a small comma beneath the bill.
At around 11 centimetres in length and with a stocky body, scaly-feathered weavers appear almost spherical. Their short, pointed bill is dark and the eyes are brightly outlined in black. Back and wings are dark and striped, the belly is pale. In flight they are quick and usually move in small groups.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 3 places where you can see Scaly-feathered weaver
Where Scaly-feathered weaver live
Botswana
Namibia
- Brandberg
- Buffalo Core Area
- Bwabwata Nationalpark
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Erongo Gebirge
- Fish River Canyon
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Kaokoland
- Kwando Core Area
- Lüderitz
- Mahango Core Area
- Mudumu Nationalpark
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Nkasa Rupara National Park
- Okaukuejo
- Otjiwarongo
- Palmwag
- Rundu
- Skelettküste
- Sossusvlei
- Spitzkoppe
- Swakopmund
- Twyfelfontein
- Walvis Bay
- Waterberg Plateau
- Windhoek
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