Weaver Wednesday is a weekly series about weavers. The full info on the topic appears on the Weaver Watch web, with abbreviated versions appearing on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+). Weaver Wednesday is sponsored by Gravit8, a company providing comprehensive IT solutions.
Weaver Wednesday 1 - Biology
Red-headed Weaver male from the first Weaver Wednesday story
20 June 2012 to 10 Sept 2014
Weaver Wednesday started in June 2012 to describe each weaver species on a weekly basis, focusing on distribution, subspecies, and breeding notes.
The sequence was somewhat random, with one species picked from each genus initially, and then more well known species being covered.
Each news item was illustrated with a distribution map, picture of the species, and where possible an illustration of the nest or colony.
Black-winged Bishop male, start of the 2nd Weaver Wednesday series
The second series covered the history of each weaver species. This included a summary of the discovery and naming of the weaver species, followed by the following headers:
Scientific citation - the reference for the original description, with type locality
Meaning of scientific name
Alternate names
Collector
Date collected
Locality collected
Type specimens - where housed, if known.
Each news item was well illustrated, usually including the first published illustration of the species, and a map showing the type locality. Many of the texts provide new information. The sequence of species was chronological, i.e. in the sequence that the weaver species were originally described, starting with the Black-winged Bishop.
As each news item appeared, it was added to the species summary page, together with the Biology news item (the latter was given headers and sometimes updated). Thus the species page is the most up-to-date site to read any Weaver Wednesday text.
Weaver Wednesday 2 list - list of species covered in series 2: click the "Described" option and then the "Sort by" button - the species list will then appear in the order that the species were described.
Weaver Wednesday 3 - Range changes in South African weavers
4 January 2017 to 28 June 2017
This series shows the changes in distribution for the 25 South African weaver species, based on the changes between SABAP1 (1987-1991) and SABAP2 (2007-current).
