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Location

Grootvlei, Western Cape
South Africa

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/750 s, f/6.7, ISO 400 
Image size 583 x 667 pixels

IOC Names

Order  Passeriformes   Family  Ploceidae

Deutsch  Maskenweber Dutch  Maskerwever
Italian  Tessitore mascherato meridionale Spanish  Tejedor enmascarado

Comments

Southern Masked Weavers (Ploceus velatus), like all Ploceus weavers build tightly woven nests, including nests with a vertical entrance tunnel as shown here.




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    09/08/2011

Southern Masked Weaver male
Ploceus velatus
Tisserin à tête rousse

Jean-Michel PAULUS