Abstract
Summary Bruggers, R. L. 1980. Marking ploceid weavers with leg streamers. Ostrich 51:193-197. Laboratory and field trials were conducted in both West and East Africa to evaluate the applicability of fluorescent polyvinyl leg streamers for colour-marking Redbilled Queleas, Spottedbacked Weavers, and Palm Weavers, important bird pests to African cereal crops. Under laboratory conditions birds retained their streamers from 8 to 13 weeks. In the field, Spottedbacked Weavers which were marked late in colony development continued normal nesting activities, but those marked early tended to desert the colony. Spottedbacked Weavers seemed less irritated by the streamers than Redbilled Queleas. The marking method has possible use in movement studies and control operations for these and other bird pests.
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