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Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus

(species text)

PHOWN priorities: none yet

Most recent PHOWN record for this species (recent thumbnails and full species listing at end of this web page):

Vm 2896

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 3

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)Solitary nester, although one pair may have two nests close together
Compare colony sizes of different weaver species with this species here.

Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
tree - 3

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Jan-May, possibly throughout year, in DRCongo, and in Jan-Feb, Jun and Oct in Uganda

Figure above right: breeding seasonality shown as records per month (if available), where months are numbered from January where January=1 etc.
The records are grouped into 6 regions: Safr=southern Africa, Cafr=central Africa, Wafr=western Africa, Eafr=eastern Africa, Asia=southern Asia, IO=Indian Ocean islands
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Breeding distribution

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Published breeding information

Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15.

bond
Monogamous, probably with long-term pair-bond
season
Jan-May, possibly throughout year, in DRCongo, and in Jan-Feb, Jun and Oct in Uganda
nsite
suspended 3-10 m above ground from tip of branch
nbuild
built by both sexes
colsize
Solitary nester, although one pair may have two nests close together
clutch
2 eggs
eggcolour
creamy white with some grey shading, irregularly spotted with reddish-brown
eggsize
average size of eight eggs 22.3 x 15 mm
incub
no information
chicks
no information

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 2896
Vm 2895
Vm 728

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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728, 2008-6-17,1,Rwanda, Nyungwe National Park Rwanda, 0228S 2911E, Wilson, Malcolm, tree
2895, 2012-8-4,1,Uganda, Mabwindi Swamp in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mills, Michael , tree
2896, 2012-8-4,1,Uganda, Mabwindi Swamp in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mills, Michael , tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

The headers below refer to Weaver News items featuring PHOWN and this species. Click on a header to see the News item, which includes the full news item. (The number in brackets is the date that the news item appeared on Weaver Watch).


Weaver Wednesday [219] - Discovery [102]: Strange Weaver (2016-08-24)
Weaver Wednesday [29]: Strange Weaver (2013-01-02)