Gray-headed Social Weaver














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They're called social because they nest in colonies. (Of course, several colonial weaver species don't have "social" in the name.)

In some of the nests, you can see the entrance at the bottom.

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Adult Pseudonigrita arnaudi arnaudi, Sweetwaters Tented Camp, June 24

"Gray" or "Grey", "Gray-headed" or "Gray-capped", "Social Weaver", "Social-Weaver", or "Social-weaver" (commas and periods inside or outside quotation marks). You pays your money and you takes your choice.







Nests of Gray-headed Social Weaver colony, Sweetwaters Tented Camp, June 25.