The Speke’s Weaver ((Ploceus spekei) is a small songbird from east Africa.

The Speke’s Weaver has yellow feathers with a black throat, face, and beak. It is yellow with mottled black on its upperparts. Females are olive-grey with brown streaks, with pale yellow upperparts and white-cream underparts.

Speke’s Weaver

It grows to about 15 centimetres (6 inches) tall.

It prefers savannahs, woodlands, agricultural lands, and gardens.

The Speke’s Weaver makes a loose woven nest, with a tunnel opening, in trees or bushes. Females lay about 4 blue eggs.

Speke’s Weaver

Speke’s Weaver

Speke’s Weaver

Speke’s Weaver

Photographer: Martina Nicolls

Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM