Streaked Weaver

Streaked Weaver

Ploceus manyar

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

6 Verified sightings at Tamluk
127 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
February 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 Tamluk?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver sighting in Tamluk on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 126th most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Weaver in Tamluk 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 Tamluk the best place to see a Streaked Weaver?

12th of 22

Of the 22 cities where we can rate Streaked Weaver sightings, Tamluk ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Makassar (Indonesia, about 10%), Ponnani (India, about 10%) and Vijayawada (India, about 10%).

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 Tamluk (6 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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