Ploceus alienus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The strange weaver (Ploceus alienus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in the Albertine Rift montane forests. Strange weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Strange Weaver sighting in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Strange Weaver in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Volcanoes National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Strange 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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Strange Weaver sightings, Volcanoes National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Strange Weaver that you can see in Volcanoes National Park (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Baglafecht Weaver (about 60%), Black-headed Weaver (about 10%) and Village Weaver (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Strange Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Volcanoes National Park (64 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.
