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Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
PHOWN priorities: none yet
Most recent PHOWN record for this species (recent thumbnails and full species listing at end of this web page):
Vm 4211
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 8
Colony size
Colony size for this species in PHOWN (min - mean - max, sample size) and published data:| PHOWN | Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 |
| 1 - 1.0 - 1 (n=3) | Colonial nester, usually fewer than 20 nests in colony, rarely up to 50; also single nests c. 12 m apart |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 8 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Jul-Aug in Ghana, Jun-Sept in Togo, May-Oct in Nigeria, Jan-Feb, Apr-Jun and Aug-Nov in Cameroon, May in Gabon; in DRCongo, Aug-Sept in NE, Jun-Jul in C region, Nov-Jan in S, possibly in both rainy seasons in Upemba, Oct-Nov and again Jan-Mar, while urban colony at Kisangani nesting all year, with Sept peak; Mar-Oct (mainly Apr-May in Uganda, Mar-Apr in Angola and Feb in Zambia |
Breeding distribution
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Yellow areas show distribution of the species (based mainly on Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 15 - only a few are available so far
Published breeding information
Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15| bond Monogamous, but unclear if long-term pair-bond season Jul-Aug in Ghana, Jun-Sept in Togo, May-Oct in Nigeria, Jan-Feb, Apr-Jun and Aug-Nov in Cameroon, May in Gabon; in DRCongo, Aug-Sept in NE, Jun-Jul in C region, Nov-Jan in S, possibly in both rainy seasons in Upemba, Oct-Nov and again Jan-Mar, while urban colony at Kisangani nesting all year, with Sept peak; Mar-Oct (mainly Apr-May in Uganda, Mar-Apr in Angola and Feb in Zambia nsite sited 1.5-9 m (usually c. 3 m) above groud or over water and attached to papyrus heads, palm frond or pendulous thorny branch nbuild built by male, female sometimes assisting colsize Colonial nester, usually fewer than 20 nests in colony, rarely up to 50; also single nests c. 12 m apart clutch 2-3 eggs eggcolour pure white, sometimes pinkish, rarely with fine dark spots eggsize average size 17.5 x 13.5 mm (locality not stated) incub incubation either by female alone or by both sexes, period c. 15 days chicks chicks fed by both male md female, no information on duration of nestling period |
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Vm 4211 |  Vm 4210 |  Vm 2485 |  Vm 2022 |  Vm 2021 |  Vm 2020 |
 Vm 2019 |  Vm 853 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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853, Uganda, shores of L. Victoria at a small fishing-boat haul-out between Entebbe and Mabamba swamp - 0 deg. 05\\\\\\\' 28.01\\\\\\\" N, 32 deg 22\\\\\\\' 28.71\\\\\\\" E Elev., Bishop, David
2019, Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G
2020, Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G
2021, Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G
2022, Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G
2485, Rwanda, Near Rwinkwavu., Anderson Jason
4210, Tanzania, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanapa Bandas, Oliver, Paul
4211, Tanzania, Rubondo Island National Park, camp staff area , Oliver, Paul
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [41]: Slender-billed Weaver (2013-03-27)