Thickbilled weaver female foraging in a White Stinkwood tree.

Thickbilled weavers mainly occur in the eastern parts (KZN and Eastern Cape) of South Africa but there is a small isolated population in Gauteng. They eat insects, fruit and hard-shelled seeds that they open with their strong beaks. This hen is enjoying the hard seeds of a white stinkwood tree. They are usually gregarious in flocks of up to 50 birds and rarely solitary or in small groups. In our garden they are usually seen in a small group.

Settings: 1/2000, f8.0, ISO6400, 580mm

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