A Scaly-Feathered Weaver, Sporopipes squamifrons, perched among the thorns of a camelthorn tree in the Kgalagadi National Park in South Africa

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A Scaly-Feathered Weaver, Sporopipes squamifrons, perched among the thorns of a camelthorn tree in the Kgalagadi National Park in South Africa. The scaly-feathered weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), also known as the scaly-feathered finch, is a finch commonly found in the dry acacia woodlands of southwest Africa. It is identified by its pink bill and beardlike black stripe below the bill, giving it its Afrikaans name a Baardmannetjie

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Size: 3058px × 2039px
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Photo credit: © Marieke Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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