Species of Thailand
Streaked weaver
Ploceus manyar
Thomas Horsfield, 1821
In Thai: นกกระจาบอกลาย
The streaked weaver (Ploceus manyar) is a species of weaver bird found in South Asia and South-east Asia in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and also introduced in Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). These are not as common as the baya weaver but are similar looking but have streaked underparts.
They nest in small colonies often in reed beds near water bodies.
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Genus
- Ploceus
- Species
- Ploceus manyar
Common names
- Thai: นกกระจาบอกลาย
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (ONEP)
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