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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: WHITE-BROWED SPARROW-WEAVER

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

Genus and species: Plocepasser mahali

Common name:
White-browed sparrow-weaver

Looks like a sparrow with white patches in brows, wings, rump and tail. Inhabits dry scrubland, savannah and forest below 1,400 m. Found in the most arid regions, from the northwest tip to Baringo and Samburu, northeast region and southeast through Tsavo. Nests in small noisy colonies on thorn trees and flies down to the ground to feed.

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White-browed sparrow-
weaver