Lays two or three glossy dark olive green eggs. Strong claws and bills enable these birds to weave their elaborate nests. These birds make nests which are truly woven on the warp and woof principle. They tend to breed in colonies and their nests sometimes fill entire trees. Though called songbirds, the sounds they utter do not please human ears.
Most weavers live in Africa though there are a few Asian species.
Weavers are closely related to sparrows. Grizmek's Animal Encyclopedia, Vol. New York, Van Norstrand. Mackworth-Praed, C.W. and C.H.B. Grant. Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa, Series 1, Vol. 2.