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Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri

(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 30130

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 10

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 - 9.6 - 50 (n=7)Colonial
Compare colony sizes of different weaver species with this species here.

Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 3
tree - 7

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
010111104100

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
in all months (peaks Oct and Jan) in Kenya, but May-Oct in Mombasa; May-Jul in Somalia, and Jun and Dec-Apr in Tanzania

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
Probably polygynous
season
in all months (peaks Oct and Jan) in Kenya, but May-Oct in Mombasa; May-Jul in Somalia, and Jun and Dec-Apr in Tanzania
nsite
suspended low (less than 2 m) over water from tree branch, or attached 1.5-4 m above ground to ta1l grass or bush, often on underside of palm frond and then sometimes more than 10 m above ground; also built in bulruhes (Typha), bamboos and, less often, in Phragmites reeds
nbuild
woven by male, lined by female
colsize
Colonial
clutch
2 eggs
eggcolour
sea-green with grey or reddish mottling, or white overlaid with fawn-brown
eggsize
average size of twelve eggs 21.1 x 14.3 mm (Kenya)
incub
no information
chicks
no information

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 30130
Vm 30129
Vm 30128
Vm 19204
Vm 13815
Vm 5684

Vm 2610
Vm 2416
Vm 2415
Vm 1533

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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1533, 2011-10-28,1,Kenya, Between the Bahari Dhow resort and the beach, in Diani town., Rollinson D P, tree
2415, 2004-9-20,10,Kenya, Turtle Bay Beach Resort , Oschadleus HD, tree
2416, 2012-6-1,0,Kenya, Turtle Bay Beach Resort , Oschadleus HD, tree
2610, 2012-7-13,0,Kenya, Turtle Bay Beach Club fish pond, Jackson C, tree
5684, 2013-5-8,3,Kenya, Sabaki River Mouth - a couple of hundred metres from the beach on the outer edge of the mangroves, Jackson C, tree
13815, 2014-2-16,0,Kenya, Malindi , Leventis, T, tree
19204, 2016-4-29,1,Kenya, Swahili Beach Resort, Diani, Cronje Pieter, tree
30128, 2021-9-1,50,Kenya, Voyager Beach Resort, Cronje Pieter, reed
30129, 2021-9-1,1,Kenya, Voyager Beach Resort, Cronje Pieter, reed
30130, 2021-9-1,1,Kenya, Voyager Beach Resort, Cronje Pieter, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [185] - Discovery [68]: Golden Palm Weaver (2015-12-30)
Weaver Wednesday [45]: Golden Palm Weaver (2013-04-24)
First PHOWN record for Golden Palm-Weaver Ploceus bojeri (2011-11-18)