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title: "Wikłacz łuskowany"
description: "Ploceus spekei — Ptaki. Speke's weaver (Ploceus spekei) is a familiar East African songbird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/speke-s-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wikłacz łuskowany

> Ploceus spekei — Ptaki. Speke's weaver (Ploceus spekei) is a familiar East African songbird.

- Scientific name: *Ploceus spekei*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 975
- Wikidata: [Q842310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842310)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13798](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13798)

## Names

- en: Speke's Weaver
- de: Somaliweber
- es: Tejedor de Speke
- fr: Tisserin de Speke
- nl: Spekes wever
- pt: Tecelão-de-speke
- pl: Wikłacz łuskowany

## Countries with the most observations

KE (380), TZ (376), ET (13)

## Summary

Speke's weaver (Ploceus spekei) is a familiar East African songbird.
The eyes are pale and the bill is on the large side for a weaver.  Unlike many weavers, it has the same plumage all year.  The adult male is yellow with black throat (edged rusty), face, and bill, and variable black mottling on the back.  The adult female's upperparts are dull olive-gray with dusky brown streaks; the underparts are pale yellow, whiter on the belly and grayer on the flanks.  The juvenile is similar but duller.
The song is variable; one version is transcribed as "pew…pew…tew, chinkichi-chewchew-skerinkitsitew". Calls include harsh…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speke%27s_weaver

## Photo

![Wikłacz łuskowany](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speke-s-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marian Read · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344668032

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/speke-s-weaver?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).