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Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni

(species text)

PHOWN priorities: none yet

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

Vm 30411

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 23

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 - 9.7 - 30 (n=10)Colonial nester, usually fewer than 20 nests in colony, rarely up to 50; also single nests c. 12 m apart
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
other - 1
reed - 6
tree - 14

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
320303220323

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Jul-Aug in Ghana, Jun-Sept in Togo, May-Oct in Nigeria, Jan-Feb, Apr-Jun and Aug-Nov in Cameroon, May in Gabon; in DRCongo, Aug-Sept in NE, Jun-Jul in C region, Nov-Jan in S, possibly in both rainy seasons in Upemba, Oct-Nov and again Jan-Mar, while urban colony at Kisangani nesting all year, with Sept peak; Mar-Oct (mainly Apr-May in Uganda, Mar-Apr in Angola and Feb in Zambia

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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Published breeding information

Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15.

bond
Monogamous, but unclear if long-term pair-bond
season
Jul-Aug in Ghana, Jun-Sept in Togo, May-Oct in Nigeria, Jan-Feb, Apr-Jun and Aug-Nov in Cameroon, May in Gabon; in DRCongo, Aug-Sept in NE, Jun-Jul in C region, Nov-Jan in S, possibly in both rainy seasons in Upemba, Oct-Nov and again Jan-Mar, while urban colony at Kisangani nesting all year, with Sept peak; Mar-Oct (mainly Apr-May in Uganda, Mar-Apr in Angola and Feb in Zambia
nsite
sited 1.5-9 m (usually c. 3 m) above groud or over water and attached to papyrus heads, palm frond or pendulous thorny branch
nbuild
built by male, female sometimes assisting
colsize
Colonial nester, usually fewer than 20 nests in colony, rarely up to 50; also single nests c. 12 m apart
clutch
2-3 eggs
eggcolour
pure white, sometimes pinkish, rarely with fine dark spots
eggsize
average size 17.5 x 13.5 mm (locality not stated)
incub
incubation either by female alone or by both sexes, period c. 15 days
chicks
chicks fed by both male md female, no information on duration of nestling period

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 30411
Vm 30396
Vm 30395
Vm 29947
Vm 29945
Vm 26343

Vm 25067
Vm 25025
Vm 25020
Vm 25019
Vm 18157
Vm 17613

Vm 9109
Vm 7285
Vm 7283
Vm 4211
Vm 4210
Vm 2485

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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853, 2011-6-6,0,Uganda, shores of L. Victoria at a small fishing-boat haul-out between Entebbe and Mabamba swamp - 0 deg. 05\\\\\\\' 28.01\\\\\\\" N, 32 deg 22\\\\\\\' 28.71\\\\\\\" E Elev., Bishop, David, tree
2019, 2009-8-8,0,Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G, tree
2020, 2008-8-30,0,Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G, tree
2021, 2008-10-25,1,Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G, tree
2022, 2009-4-26,1,Gabon, near Port-Gentil, Passavy G, tree
2485, 2010-6-13,1,Rwanda, Near Rwinkwavu., Anderson Jason, tree
4210, 2012-12-3,0,Tanzania, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanapa Bandas, Oliver, Paul, tree
4211, 2012-12-4,0,Tanzania, Rubondo Island National Park, camp staff area , Oliver, Paul, tree
7283, 2007-10-28,0,Cameroon, Mile 6 Beach : a swamp , Monnoyeur Gilles, tree
7285, 2007-10-29,30,Cameroon, West of Idenau some bridges in pall-nut tree planatation., Monnoyeur Gilles, tree
9109, 2013-2-20,0,DRC, reeds along the Luvua river, north corner of lake Mweru, de Cauwer, Richard , other
17613, 2015-6-25,0,Rwanda, Incidental Road towards Lake Gaharwa, Krochuk Billi, reed
18157, 2015-7-3,0,Uganda, Ntungwe River & surrounding farmlands, Krochuk Billi, reed
25019, 2017-1-28,0,Congo (DRC), kashobwe, de Cauwer R, reed
25020, 2017-1-28,5,Congo (DRC), kashobwe, de Cauwer R, reed
25025, 2017-1-22,18,Congo (DRC), kashobwe, de Cauwer R, tree
25067, 2017-2-12,12,DRC, Kashiobwe Luapula River, de Cauwer R, tree
26343, 2017-7-11,0,Uganda, Botanic Gardens, Bar, Oschadleus HD, tree
29945, 2021-4-22,0,Uganda, Entebbe golf course, Cronje Pieter,
29947, 2021-4-22,0,Uganda, Entebbe golf course, Cronje Pieter,
30395, 2021-11-29,13,Uganda, Mabarara-Kasese rd, Cronje Pieter, reed
30396, 2021-11-29,10,Uganda, Mabarara-Kasese rd, Cronje Pieter, reed
30411, 2021-12-28,6,Uganda, Mweya, Cronje Pieter, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

The headers below refer to Weaver News items featuring PHOWN and this species. Click on a header to see the News item, which includes the full news item. (The number in brackets is the date that the news item appeared on Weaver Watch).


Weaver Wednesday [202] - Discovery [85]: Slender-billed Weaver (2016-04-27)
Weaver Wednesday [41]: Slender-billed Weaver (2013-03-27)