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The author gave the first description of the nests in a paper in Malimbus 33:78-85. Two completed nests had a retort shape, similar to those of Ploceus nigricollis but with a shorter entrance tube. They both had a spherical chamber of c. 10 cm in diameter, with a vertical entrance tube 10 cm long and c. 4-5 cm in diameter. Both nests were made of grass, mainly dry leaves but also some thin and flexible stems. The nests were not tightly woven, and presented a somewhat loose appearance from the outside. The first complete nest was attached to a small White Mangrove Laguncularia racemosa, 1.52 m above water in a 2-m wide drainage ditch (PHOWN record VM 2007). The second nest was also 1.5 m above water, attached to a Eucalptus tree (PHOWN record VM 2008). |