
Exif Info
- Camera:Canon, EOS R6
- Lens: Canon, RF 800mm F11
- Extender: Canon, EF 1.4x
- Focal length: 200mm
- Aperture: f/11
- ISO speed rating: 200
- Shutter speed:
20-06-2023 | 16:15
Baya Weaver
Ploceus phlllpplnus Sugran
Morning Shots
T S Chanakya, Vashi, Maharashtra
Small bird, with cryptic sandy-brown plumage. White underparts with banded lower breast; distinct rufous neck patch; dark brown hindneck and crown; broad, cream eye-stripes joined to form V; straight, yellow bill with black tip; black tail with white base. Walks with upright stance. Thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered in 1986, after a lapse o f 86 years since the previous sighting.
Special Family : WEAVERS ,Ploceidae
Small, rather plump, finch-like passerines with large, conical bills. Adults feed chiefly on seeds and grain, supplemented by invertebrates; the young are often fed on invertebrates. Weavers inhabit grassland, marshes, cultivation and very open woodland. They are highly gregarious, roosting and nesting communally, and are noted for their elaborate roofed nests