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Speke's Weaver

Ploceus spekei (Heuglin, MT 1861)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Peter Boesman 2015-12-15 South of Yabello, Oromia (Ethiopia) song - [sono] 300574
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Peter Boesman 2015-12-15 South of Yabello, Oromia (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300573
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Thomas Holmberg 2011-11-05 Hell's Gate NP, Lake Naivasha, Nakuru (Kenya) (1900 m) song (A) -   109636
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Frank Lambert 2018-11-18 Nyeri County, Nyeri (Kenya) (1900 m) call, song -

Calls at colony. Not exact location.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

450391
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Bernard BOUSQUET 2018-06-10 Ngorongoro, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1800 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

425090
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Peter Boesman 2024-10-16 North Kinangop, Nyandarua county, Nyandarua (Kenya) (? m) song - [sono] 948397
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei James Bradley 2017-03-31 Sentrim Lodge, Lake Elementaita, Nakuru (Kenya) (1800 m) juvenile, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

363619
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Peter Boesman 2015-12-15 South of Yabello, Oromia (Ethiopia) song - [sono] 300575
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-11-11 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, male, song -

id 50/50,village weaver like but not the nigriceps types which occurs in my area

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

601897
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-11-16 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, male, song -

bird singing behind my granny house

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

603401
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Oliver Fowler 2017-12-03 Near Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi County, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1700 m) call, song -

Same nesting colony as XC 774587 in small thorn tree in savannah. Recording extracted from camera video. Amplified and noise below 300 kHz removed using Audacity.

774588
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Barry Edmonston 2024-04-12 Mti Mmoja, Ngorongoro, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1700 m) call -

Vocalizations from a group calling from about 20 nests hanging in several small trees along waterway. Calls from a Singing Cisticola in the foreground at 40 to 60 seconds in the recording.

899639
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Frank Lambert 2018-11-18 Nyeri County, Nyeri (Kenya) (1900 m) call, song -

Calls at colony. Not exact location.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

450390
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-11-11 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, male -

id 50/50,village weaver like but not the nigriceps types which occurs in my area

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

601898
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-12-08 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, sex uncertain, song -

several males in full breeding plumage calling on top of a tree

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

607578
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Magnus Wadstein 2022-11-19 Naro Moru River Lodge, Kieni East, Nyeri County, Laikipia (Kenya) (1900 m) call, song -

A colony with many birds.

772975
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-11-16 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, male -

birds in entarara town,calling near nest

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

603382
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei isaac kilusu 2020-11-16 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, male, song -

birds in entarara town,calling near nest

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

603384
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Oliver Fowler 2017-12-03 Near Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi County, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1700 m) call, song -

Nesting colony in small thorn tree in savannah. Recording extracted from camera video. Amplified and noise below 300 kHz removed using Audacity.

774587
xeno-canto.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Reuben Shallom 2026-03-25 , Singida Urban (Tanzania)   -   653599637
macaulaylibrary.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Marian P. McChesney 1967-10-10 LAKE NAIVASHA, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)   -   14478
macaulaylibrary.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Myles E. W. North 1961-04-28 Hell's Gate Gorge, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)   -   14477
macaulaylibrary.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Reuben Shallom 2026-03-25 , Singida Urban (Tanzania)   -   653599638
macaulaylibrary.org
Speke's Weaver - Ploceus spekei Frank Lambert 2017-11-09 Arusha National Park, Ngurdoto Crater Rim (east), Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1600 m) song -

in high canopy trees. [many thanks to James Bradley for assisting with identification]

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

452037
xeno-canto.org
Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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