Streaked Weaver

Streaked Weaver

Ploceus manyar

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Bangkok

In 3 days ~10%

196 Verified sightings at Bangkok
127 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Streaked Weaver

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. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:38

Thailand · 2025

© Peter Ericsson · XC1010965 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:42

India · 2020

© Sreekumar Chirukandoth · XC592343 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Flight call0:54

Laos · 2022

© Bram Piot · XC741679 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
2 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
4 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Makassar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
2 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~10%
3 Vijayawada 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Chattogram 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~10%
5 Riyadh 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
~10%
6 Lahore 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~10%
7 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
9 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Streaked Weaver in Bangkok?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver sighting in Bangkok on a given day, based on 196 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 129th most-seen of the 277 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Streaked Weaver in Bangkok?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver in Bangkok on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Streaked Weaver?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Bangkok the best place to see a Streaked Weaver?

11th of 22

Of the 22 cities where we can rate Streaked Weaver sightings, Bangkok ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Makassar (Indonesia, about 10%), Ponnani (India, about 10%) and Vijayawada (India, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Streaked Weaver live in Bangkok?

Same genus: Ploceus

The closest relatives of the Streaked Weaver that you can see in Bangkok (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Asian Golden Weaver (about 10%) and Baya Weaver (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Streaked Weaver sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Streaked Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Bangkok (196 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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