{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Spectacled weaver | image = Spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis ocularis) male Mbombela.jpg | image_caption=Male ''P. o. ocularis''<br>Mpumalanga, South Africa | image2=Spectacled Weaver.jpg | image2_caption=Female in Durban, South Africa | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Ploceus ocularis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22718787A94596435 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718787A94596435.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Ploceus ocularis | authority = Smith, 1828 }}
The '''spectacled weaver''' ('''''Ploceus ocularis''''') is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found widely in woodland, forest edge and gardens of central, eastern and south-eastern Africa, but is absent from the most arid regions (such as the Karoo) and dense, primary rainforest. This common species breeds in solitary pairs, and both sexes are bright yellow, have an olive-yellow back, black "spectacles" and pale eyes. The male has a black throat.
== Gallery == <gallery> Spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis ocularis) male feeding Mbombela.jpg|male feeding Ploceus ocularis, nes, c, Iphithi NR.jpg|{{center|Suspended nest with long entrance spout}} Spectacled Weaver - South Africa - 2023-1.jpg|male </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Craig 2010. Family Ploceidae. pp. 74–197 in: del Hoyo, Elliott and Christie, eds. 2010. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
==External links== * [http://weavers.adu.org.za/sp.php?spp=791 Spectacled weaver] - Species text in Weaver Watch. * Spectacled weaver - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/810.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds]. *[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/grzimek_birds/Ploceidae/Ploceus_ocularis.jpg/view.html Image at ADW]
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