spectacled weaver

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Spectacled weaver

| image = Spectacled Weaver - South Africa - 2023-1.jpg

| image_caption=Male P. o. ocularis
South Africa

| image2=Spectacled Weaver.jpg

| image2_caption=Female in Durban, South Africa

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Ploceus ocularis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718787A94596435 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718787A94596435.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ploceus ocularis

| authority = Smith, 1828

}}

The spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found widely in woodland, forest edge and gardens of central, eastern and south-eastern Africa, but is absent from the most arid regions (such as the Karoo) and dense, primary rainforest. This common species breeds in solitary pairs, and both sexes are bright yellow, have an olive-yellow back, black "spectacles" and pale eyes. The male has a black throat.