This is a male. Some authors put this unique and colorful weaver in the genus Malimbus. There is a race (A. r. jubaensis) coastal East Africa in which the male is almost all red.
Nikon P510 Coolpix Point-and-shoot
Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotus) - 12 July 2013. Serengeti National Park, Shinyanga
Region, Tanzania.
This is a male. Some authors put this unique and colorful weaver in the genus Malimbus. There is a race (A. r. jubaensis) coastal East Africa in which the male is almost all red. Nikon P510 Coolpix Point-and-shoot |