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Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
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Most recent PHOWN record for this species (recent thumbnails and full species listing at end of this web page):
Vm 30210
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 11
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=1) | Solitary nester |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 9 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Oct in Zambia, Sept-Oct in Malawi and Aug-Oct in Mozambique |
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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PHOWN pin colours show Nest site type:
- Reed
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- Man-made
- Other
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Published breeding information
Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15.| bond Monogamous, pair-members remaining together throughout year season Oct in Zambia, Sept-Oct in Malawi and Aug-Oct in Mozambique nsite attached to branch being utilized as a base on underside of thick branches (not outer twigs), up to 18 m above ground and mostly near crown of tree nbuild built by both sexes colsize Solitary nester clutch 2-3 eggs eggcolour plain turquoise-blue or white eggsize average size of three eggs 20 x 15 mm (Malawi) incub incubation by both sexes, but male only occasionally sitting, no information on duration of incubation period chicks chicks fed by both sexes, female contributing more than male, no information on duration of nestling period |
Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records
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Vm 30210 |  Vm 30209 |  Vm 14543 |  Vm 14542 |  Vm 13913 |  Vm 1989 |
 Vm 1420 |  Vm 1419 |  Vm 1418 |  Vm 1417 |  Vm 819 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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819, 2009-11-8,0,Mozambique, Narrow sandy road from Panda, en route to lake Njakobango, in forest with lots of Old Mans Beard, Mynhardt R; Maans Booysen;Lesley Ryan, tree
1417, 2011-8-14,0,Mozambique, Road SW of Panda , Marais E, tree
1418, 2011-7-2,0,Mozambique, Down side road some 14km from Panda. S24 07 41.7 E34 37 18.5, Marais E, tree
1419, 2010-8-14,0,Mozambique, 44 km west of Panda 2 km s of Luanze Swamp S24 07 50.0 E34 18 00.7, Marais E, tree
1420, 2010-8-14,0,Mozambique, Near Jefeca, Marais E, tree
1989, 2010-5-25,1,Mozambique, +/- 10 kms from Panda, Furlong R.L.; Jenny Furlong , tree
13913, 2012-1-14,0,Mozambique, Panda, Booysen M., tree
14542, 2009-11-8,0,Mozambique, Panda, Booysen M., tree
14543, 2009-11-8,0,Mozambique, Panda, Booysen M., tree
30209, 2007-9-7,0,South Africa, Private farm, Booysen M.,
30210, 2007-9-7,0,South Africa, Private farm, Booysen M.,
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [216] - Discovery [99]: Olive-headed Weaver (2016-08-03)
Weaver Wednesday [53]: Olive-headed Weaver (2013-06-19)