Bangladesh, Bhutan (B), Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore (B), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) [XC644251]
by Kandarp Andharia from Singapore, Singapore (song)
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) [XC889982]
by vir joshi from Hat Kanxa, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos (call, song)
Subspecies
Old report of hybridization in captivity with Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar). Subspecies burmanicus intergrades with nominate in north-eastern Indian Subcontinent.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pakistan (mostly on Indus floodplain), most of India (except south-west), southern Nepal and Sri Lanka.
travancoreensis Ali & Whistler, 1936 - South-western India (from Goa south to Kerala and Travancore).
burmanicus Ticehurst, 1932 - North-eastern India (West Bengal, Assam), southern Bhutan, Bangladesh, northern Myanmar and extreme southern China (south-western Yunnan).
angelorum Deignan, 1956 - Northern and central Thailand east to southern Laos.
infortunatus Hartert, 1902 - Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), western and southern Thailand, southern Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Nias I, and (apparently almost extinct) Java and Bali.