← Alle voëls – All birds
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Dikbekwewer
Thick-billed Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Familie / Family: Ploceidae
Spesienommer / Species number: 804
🏡 Bly hier – Resident
Hierdie voël bly die hele jaar by ons.
This bird lives here all year round.
Afrikaans
'n Donkerbruin wewer met 'n baie dik, sterk bek; die mannetjie het wit kolle op die voorkop en vlerke. Dit eet harde sade.
Waar by die skool? Kyk by riete en vleie, of sien hom na bome toe vlieg.
Wil jy weet? Sy nes word baie netjies van fyn strepies riet geweef en hang tussen twee rietstingels.
English
A dark brown weaver with a very thick, strong bill; the male has white patches on the forehead and wings. It eats hard seeds.
Where at school? Look at reeds and marshes, or see it flying to trees.
Did you know? Its nest is very neatly woven from fine strips of reed and hangs between two reed stems.
