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Spectacled Weaver

Ploceus ocularis Smith, A 1828

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis suahelicus Frank Lambert 2015-11-25 Lilongwe, Central Region, Area 3, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1100 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

297957
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Andrew Spencer 2015-10-31 Lake Langano--Simbo Lodge, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)   - Calls from a young bird and some songs from a male, perched low and partly hidden in dense scrub. 212221551
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Peter Boesman 2017-12-12 Entrance road Nyika NP, Rumphi (Malawi) song - [sono] 398193
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis suahelicus Bram Piot 26-04-2009 Zomba plateau, Zomba (Malawi) (1600 m) Song (A) - Ku Chawe 33742
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis IRASUBIZA Olivier 2025-04-04 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   633438865
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis ITWITAHO Ennice 2026-06-28 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   660585147
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Peter Boesman 2014-11-02 St Lucia area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song and call - [sono] 280578
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Peter Boesman 2014-11-02 St Lucia area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) call - [also] [sono] 280574
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Harerimana Joachim 2026-04-15 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   655407187
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis ITWITAHO Ennice 2026-06-26 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   660582238
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis African Bioacoustics Community 2026-05-18 Kruger Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (280 m) call -

-3dB normalised.

Recordist - A.Karamitsos

1149077
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis crocatus Andrew Spencer 2014-12-28 Simbo Resort, Lake Langano, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m) call -

calls from a pair of birds moving low and mostly hidden through dense growth along a rocky slope.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

268884
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Andrew Spencer 2015-10-31 Lake Langano--Simbo Lodge, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)   - Calls from a young bird and some songs from a male, perched low and partly hidden in dense scrub. 212221531
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis crocatus James Bradley 2016-10-29 Gwassi Hills (western foothills), Nyanza, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1100 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

346070
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Andrew Spencer 2015-10-31 Lake Langano--Simbo Lodge, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)   - Calls from a young bird and some songs from a male, perched low and partly hidden in dense scrub. 212221541
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis David C. Moyer 12 July 2011 Paraa, Murchinson Falls National Park, NW Uganda, Masindi (former division) (Uganda) (800 m) Call note, imm. begging call, and song (A) - Singing in mixed Acacia / Balanites woodland and thicket 83767
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis ITWITAHO Ennice 2026-05-04 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   659956487
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis suahelicus Frank Lambert 2015-12-04 Malawi, Lilongwe airport dambo, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1200 m) male, song -

I've edited out a lot of noisy stuff, so the space between each song phrase is not correct

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

309959
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Harerimana Joachim 2025-06-05 , Ouest (Rwanda)   -   638635035
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Roger McNeill 2024-09-07 , Manicaland (Zimbabwe)   -   652693691
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Peter Boesman 2015-12-21 Negash lodge, Oromia (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300577
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis suahelicus Oliver Fowler 2024-02-08 Castle Forest Lodge, Mount Kenya Forest, Kirinyaga County, Kirinyaga (Kenya) (2100 m) call, song -

Pair of birds foraging or collecting nesting materials in bush in large glade in montane forest. There are two background songs throughout the recording which I cannot identify with confidence. The first is the 4-5 note song which is heard every 6-9 seconds and most clearly at 0:59, 1:07 and 2:40, possibly White-browed Crombec. The other is the very rapid monotone bursts heard at similar intervals and most clearly at 1:01, 1:09 and 2:42, possibly Evergreen Forest Warbler. Recording amplified and noise below 200 kHz removed using Audacity.

872525
xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Andrew Spencer 2015-10-31 Lake Langano--Simbo Lodge, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)   - Calls from a young bird perched low and partly hidden. 212221521
macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis Derek Solomon 01-05-05 South Luangwa National Park Home , Eastern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m) Call (A) -   41434
xeno-canto.org
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