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Fig 1 :
Baya Weaver - male and female
Ploceus philippinus
Location : Neo Tiew, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary forest edge
Notes : This male has successfully attracted a female to view its incomplete
nest.
Figs 2 and 3 :
Baya Weaver - male
Ploceus philippinus
Location : Neo Tiew, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary forest edge
Notes : Building a new nest with strips of fresh, pliable green grass.
Fig 4 :
Baya Weaver - male
Ploceus philippinus
Location : Neo Tiew, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary forest edge
Notes : This nest has been completed with the addition of the entrance
tunnel; the green grass is now dried and stiffened.
Fig 5 :
Baya Weaver - colony
Ploceus philippinus
Location : Neo Tiew, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary forest edge
Notes : Part of a colony of more than 10 nests in various stages of
completion. Strips of grass for nest construction are taken from the long
lalang grass in the foreground.
Fig 6 :
Baya Weaver - female
Ploceus philippinus
Location : Neo Tiew, Singapore
Habitat : Grassland
Notes : Feeding on grass seeds in the morning sun.
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Fig 7 :
Asian Golden Weaver - male
Ploceus hypoxanthus
Location : Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat : Grassland
Note : Photo by Charles Currin
Fig 8 :
Asian Golden Weaver - female
Ploceus hypoxanthus
Location : Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi,
Thailand
Habitat : Grassland
Note : The nest of this species is rudimentary when compared with that of
the Baya Weaver. Photo by Charles
Currin
Fig 9 :
Streaked Weaver - male (breeding)
Ploceus manyar
Location : Laem Pak Bia, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat : Grassland
Note : Photo by Charles Currin, April
2022
Fig 10 :
Streaked Weaver - male (non-breeding)
Ploceus manyar
Location : Laem Pak Bia, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat : Grassland
Note : Photo by Charles Currin
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