Northern masked weaver
Male in transition plumage Lake Baringo, Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus
Species:	P. taeniopterus
Binomial name
Ploceus taeniopterus (Reichenbach, 1863)

The northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan. All recent sightings in East Africa have been on the shores of Lake Baringo, Kenya.

All images below were taken at Lake Baringo.

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  Juvenile (with white eyes)
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  Sub-adult
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  Male, non-breeding plumage
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  Female