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Ten documented weaver species in licensed photographs. Scene eight shows a bird at a feeder. Comparing visible plumage and silhouettes. An editorial selection, not a ranking of beauty, size or rarity. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. Village weaver: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Village_weaver_%28Ploceus_cucullatus_cucullatus%29_male_with_leaf.jpg Baya weaver: Tisha Mukherjee; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baya_Weaver_in_Baruipur_October_2024_by_Tisha_Mukherjee_01.jpg Southern masked weaver: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_masked_weaver_%28Ploceus_velatus%29_male.jpg Sociable weaver: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sociable_weaver_%28Philetairus_socius%29.jpg White-headed buffalo weaver: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-headed_buffalo-weaver_%28Dinemellia_dinemelli_boehmi%29_Serengeti.jpg Red-billed buffalo weaver: Greg Tee; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-billed_Buffalo_Weaver.jpg Red-headed weaver: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-headed_Weaver%2C_Anaplectes_rubriceps_at_Marakele_National_Park%2C_Limpopo_Province%2C_South_Africa_%28male_in_breeding_plumage%29_%2815679994373%29.jpg Golden-backed weaver: Francesco Veronesi from Italy; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden-backed_Weaver_-_Baringo_-_Kenya_NH8O1102_%2828909840167%29.jpg Black-headed weaver: Tom Tarrant; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow_backed_weaver.jpg Spectacled weaver: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectacled_weaver_%28Ploceus_ocularis_ocularis%29_male_Mbombela.jpg Adapted visuals and original contributions to this version are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source photographs retain their stated licenses.