Ploceus luteolus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The little weaver (Ploceus luteolus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa. Little weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Weaver sighting in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Little Weaver in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, against about 10% in February and December, the lowest months. Those are among Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary's driest months, with almost no rain against 55 mm in August. May to October have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little 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.
4th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Little Weaver sightings, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Mole National Park (Ghana, about 50%), Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 30%) and Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Little Weaver that you can see in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Black-headed Weaver (about 50%), Village Weaver (about 20%) and Vitelline Masked-Weaver (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (25 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
