Rüppell's Weaver lives in dry parts of the Horn of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula and often searches for food in groups.
A breeding male has a yellow body, a chestnut face, and a black bill. The female is duller, with olive-yellow and gray-brown tones.
It forages for seeds in groups and nests in colonies. The male weaves a hanging nest from grasses and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.