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Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)

Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) male in breeding plumage with chestnut breast and black head, building a nest out of grass stems, suspended from a branch. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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BIRDS, Nesting, Masked Weaver perched upsidedown on hanging nest made from bits of grass weaved together.Masked Weaver perched upsidedown on hanging nest made from bits of grass weaved together

© Ben Dilley / Eye Ubiquitous

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Different Non-european songbirds illustration 1897

Different birds
Original edition from my own archives
Source : "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" 1897
Non-European songbirds: 1) Waxbill (Habropyga astrild, or Estrilda astrild); 2) Black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes, or Habropyga cinerea); 3) Red avadavat (Amandava amandava, or Pytelia amandava); 4) Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata, or Zonaeginthus castanotis); 5) Cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata, or Spermestes fasciata); 6) Bronze mannikin (Lonchura cucullata, or Spermestes cucullata); 7) Black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus, or Hyphantornis melanocephalus); 8) Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea); 9) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora, or Padda oryzivora); 10) Brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius, or Ramphocelus brasiliensis); 11) Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea, or Leiothrix luteus); 12) Red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana); 13) Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, or Cardinalis virginianus)

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