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Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons
PHOWN priorities: none yet
Most recent PHOWN record for this species (recent thumbnails and full species listing at end of this web page):
Vm 2772
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 4
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 - 2.3 - 4 (n=4) | n/a |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 4 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | at any time of year when conditions favourable; peak months Feb-Mar in Zambia, Dec-Apr in Botswana, Jan-Mar in Zimbabwe and Jan-Jun in South Africa |
Breeding distribution
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Published breeding information
Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15| bond Monogamous, at least within a breeding season season at any time of year when conditions favourable; peak months Feb-Mar in Zambia, Dec-Apr in Botswana, Jan-Mar in Zimbabwe and Jan-Jun in South Africa nsite placed in tree and usually 1-4 m above ground up to 6 m in tall tree; sometimes roofs over old cup-nest of shrike (Laniidae) or flycatcher (Muscicapidae), or utilizes old nest of another weaver, e.g. Ploceus velatus nbuild ln captivity, female built nest while male brought material colsize n/a clutch 3-5 eggcolour greenish, bluish or pale cream, densely freckled with grey to brownish eggsize average size 15.7 x 11.3 mm (106 eggs from South Africa) incub incubation by female alone, period 10-12 days chicks chicks fed by both sexes, nestling period 14-18 days |
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Vm 2772 |  Vm 1543 |  Vm 1542 |  Vm 197 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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197, Angola, Side of road, between Cahama and Cunene River, Oschadleus HD; Michael Mills, Ara Monadjem
1542, South Africa, Tswalu Kalahari, veld1 , Oschadleus HD
1543, South Africa, Tswalu Kalahari, veld2 , Oschadleus HD
2772, South Africa, Lemoenspruit, Luckhoff (near Orangeriver), De Swardt D.H.
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [7]: Scaly-feathered Finch (2012-08-01)