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Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus

PHOWN priorities: none yet

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

Vm 4295

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 26

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
2 - 8.7 - 20 (n=6)Colonial, with up to 300 nests together
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 24

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Mar in Tanzania, Feb-Mar in Zambia, Oct-Apr in Malawi, Oct-Nov in Botswana, Nov-Mar (mainly Jan-Feb) in Zimbabwe and Dec in Mozambique; mainly Nov-Jan, with some earlier and later records, in South Africa

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 per male
season
Mar in Tanzania, Feb-Mar in Zambia, Oct-Apr in Malawi, Oct-Nov in Botswana, Nov-Mar (mainly Jan-Feb) in Zimbabwe and Dec in Mozambique; mainly Nov-Jan, with some earlier and later records, in South Africa
nsite
placed chiefly in bed of Phragmites reeds, bulrushes or papyrus, occasionally in tree, c. 2.5 m above water or ground
nbuild
woven by male, lined by female
colsize
Colonial, with up to 300 nests together
clutch
2-3 eggs (average 2.4 in Malawi)
eggcolour
usually plain dark chocolate-brown or olive-brown, sometimes blue-green and heavily marked with grey-brown specks, or greenish-white with heavy red-brown markings
eggsize
average size of 45 eggs 21 x 14.5 mm (South Africa)
incub
incubation by female only, period 14-17 days
chicks
chicks fed by female alone, nestling period 14-19 days

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 4295
Vm 4207
Vm 1819
Vm 1485
Vm 1484
Vm 648

Vm 354
Vm 345
Vm 343

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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343, South Africa, Bonamanzi, hippo pool, Oschadleus HD; Barry Taylor, Graham Grieve, Cliff Wright, Gert Opperman
345, South Africa, Thulazihleka Pan, E end, Oschadleus HD; Graham Grieve, Cliff Wright, Gert Opperman, Carol Milan
354, South Africa, Sappi, canal, Oschadleus HD; Chris Macdonald, Graham Grieve, Cliff Wright
648, South Africa, Crocodile Bridge entrance, Kruger National Park, McKenzie D.R
1484, South Africa, Crocodile Bridge 25?27?.01 S 31?57?.04 E, Phelps, B
1485, South Africa, Crocodile Bridge 25?21?.41 S 31?53?.54 E, Phelps, B
1819, Mozambique, River crossing on EN1, Perrins N
4207, South Africa, At bridge crossing the river entering Kruger National Park at Crocodile Bridge. , Gerrans, Colin
4295, South Africa, St Lucia estuary, at launch site , Zaloumis, Alex
100159, South Africa, Durban, Reunion, nr aerodrome, Robert Hunt
100160, South Africa, Durban, Near Umlaas River Mouth, DR Calder
100161, South Africa, Hlabisa, Back channel of St Lucia est, DP & RL Cyrus
100162, South Africa, Durban, Near Umlaas river mouth, DR Calder
100163, South Africa, Darnall, Sinkwazi, R Dean
100164, South Africa, Umhlatuzi R, HW Bell Marley
100165, South Africa, Durban, Near Umlaas River Mouth, DR Calder
100166, South Africa, Empangeni distr, Kulu R, CH Jerome
100167, South Africa, Jex Estate Umvoti Mouth, CJ Vernon
100168, South Africa, Lower Tugela, Jex Estate Umvoti Mouth, CJ Vernon
100169, South Africa, Darnall, Sinkwazi [2931AD], R Dean
100170, Zimbabwe, Chiredzi, SABI/Lundi Junction, BY Sherry & AJ Anthony
100171, Malawi, Chiromo, Port Herald, RC Long
100172, Malawi, Port Herald, Chiromo, RC Long
100173, Malawi, Port Herald, Chiromo, RC Long
100174, Malawi, Port Herald, Chiromo, Suzi Dai
100175, Malawi, Port Herald, Bandazi, Chitza, RC Long

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [38]: Southern Brown-throated Weaver (2013-03-06)