Ploceus manyar
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Riyadh on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 78 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver in Riyadh on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, July–September and November, the lowest months.
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, Riyadh ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Makassar (Indonesia, about 10%), Ponnani (India, about 10%) and Vijayawada (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Riyadh (9 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.
