The Vitalline Masked Weaver male displays from his tidy onion shaped nest, oneof the neatest in the family of weavers.

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The Vitalline Masked Weaver male displays from his tidy onion shaped nest, oneof the neatest in the family of weavers. They do not nest in large colonies like many others in the weaver family and they are identifiable by the males black mask ends on top close to the beak

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Size: 4200px × 3115px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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