Ploceus manyar
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Vijayawada | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Riyadh | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | |
| 6 | Lahore | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 7 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver sighting in Ponnani on a given day, based on 163 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver in Ponnani on a given day, against under 5% in October to December, the lowest months. Those are among Ponnani's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 440 mm in June.
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.
Among the best
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Streaked Weaver sightings, Ponnani ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Makassar (Indonesia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Ponnani (163 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.
