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Yellow-backed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
PHOWN priorities: none yet
Most recent PHOWN record for this species (recent thumbnails and full species listing at end of this web page):
Vm 1241
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 2
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=2) | No information |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| reed - 2 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | May-Oct in Mauritania, Apr-Nov in Senegal, Jun-Sept in Gambia, Jul-Oct in Mali, Aug-Oct in Bukina Fasso (Jul-Aug at Ouagadougou), Jun-Nov in Niger, Aug in Togo, May and Jul-Oct in Nigeria; in DRCongo, Jun-Aug in NE, Nov-Apr in Kimbombo, Jan-May in Itombwe and E region, Aug-Sept in C regions; Aug-Sept in Sudan and Ethiopia, Mar-May and Aug-Sept in Uganda and Feb-Mar 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 Polygynous, with two or three females in territory simultaneously; sometimes monogamous season May-Oct in Mauritania, Apr-Nov in Senegal, Jun-Sept in Gambia, Jul-Oct in Mali, Aug-Oct in Bukina Fasso (Jul-Aug at Ouagadougou), Jun-Nov in Niger, Aug in Togo, May and Jul-Oct in Nigeria; in DRCongo, Jun-Aug in NE, Nov-Apr in Kimbombo, Jan-May in Itombwe and E region, Aug-Sept in C regions; Aug-Sept in Sudan and Ethiopia, Mar-May and Aug-Sept in Uganda and Feb-Mar in Zambia nsite slung between vertical stems (supported at one side only) in elephant grass, reeds or papyrus over water, sometimes suspended from pendulous twigs in bush or small tree, even in maize (Zea mays) field, generally more than 2 m above ground or water level nbuild woven by male, lined by female colsize No information clutch 2-3 eggs eggcolour dull white, blue-green, pinkish-grey or brown, either plain or heavily freckled with olive-brown eggsize average size of ten eggs 18.9 x 13.8 mm (Nigeria) incub incubation by female only chicks both sexes feed nestlings and fledglings |
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Vm 1241 |  Vm 1221 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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1221, South Africa, Zandvlei NR, Marks vlei, Oschadleus HD
1241, South Africa, Sandvlei NR Marks vlei, Oschadleus HD
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Black-headed (Yellow-backed) Weaver in Cape Town (2011-09-12)