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title: "Tecelão-pardal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas"
description: "Plocepasser mahali — Aves. The white-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali) is a predominantly brown, sparrow-sized bird found throughout central and north-central southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-browed-sparrow-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tecelão-pardal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas

> Plocepasser mahali — Aves. The white-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali) is a predominantly brown, sparrow-sized bird found throughout central and north-central southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Plocepasser mahali*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 5349
- Wikidata: [Q687079](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687079)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14115)

## Names

- en: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
- de: Augenbrauenmahali
- es: Tejedor gorrión cejiblanco
- fr: Mahali à sourcils blancs
- nl: Mahali-wever
- pt: Tecelão-pardal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas
- pl: Dziergacz białobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1435), KE (1170), NA (980), BW (457), ZW (279), TZ (256), ZM (196), ET (177), MW (64), UG (22), MZ (14), AO (8)

## Summary

The white-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali) is a predominantly brown, sparrow-sized bird found throughout central and north-central southern Africa. It is found in groups of two to eleven individuals consisting of one breeding pair and other non-reproductive individuals.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-browed_sparrow-weaver

## Photo

![Tecelão-pardal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-browed-sparrow-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54921731

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-browed-sparrow-weaver?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).