Holub's Golden-Weaver

Males differentiate from the females because of their full yellow heads, bright greenish-yellow body and the bit of orange under their chins that continues to the upper breast. The coloring on the females are duller and they only have the yellow coloring on the forehead. The males and the females share several similar characteristics, dull brown wings on the upper portion and then the lower portion having a yellow coloring. As they have light yellow eyes, black bills and pink legs. When the birds are younger they are a dull olive color with only the tail, chin and throat having the yellow coloring. Their eyes are dark brown and their bill is a pale brown.

They live in seventeen countries which are Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They live in areas that are inland from freshwater which includes forests, savannas, shrublands, grasslands, and wetlands. They cover a range of different habitats which includes bushy areas with tall grass. They can also be found on forest margins or the side of a stream. From East South Africa to West Angola they can be found on the coast. There is not much research so they are assumed to be sedentary. They live at elevations of 1,200 to 2,300 meters. They do not migrate for seasons and the furthest distance recorded was ten kilometers.

The Holub's Golden Weaver is omnivorous and eats a diet of invertebrate fruits, seed and nectar. The insects include beetle larvae, termites, grasshoppers, praying mantis, tabanid flies and spiders. The fruit includes guavas, figs and rhus pyroides. The seeds of grass and exocite pins along with the nectar of ruttya and erythrina. They will sometimes eat the petals of flowers as well.