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Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
(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 18666
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 5
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=4) | Solitary nester |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 5 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Dec in Nigeria, Oct-Jan (mainly Dec) in Cameroon, Jan on Bioko I, Nov-Mar and Aug in Sudan, Dec-Jan, Oct-Nov and May-Jun in Uganda; Jan-Apr, Jun and Sept in Kenya, Jan-Apr and Sept in DRCongo, and Nov in Rwanda |
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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- Tree
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Published breeding information
Breeding information based on Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15.| bond Monogamous season Dec in Nigeria, Oct-Jan (mainly Dec) in Cameroon, Jan on Bioko I, Nov-Mar and Aug in Sudan, Dec-Jan, Oct-Nov and May-Jun in Uganda; Jan-Apr, Jun and Sept in Kenya, Jan-Apr and Sept in DRCongo, and Nov in Rwanda nsite suspended 3-6 m above ground (sometimes over a stream) from tip of branch, tendril of creeper or tree-fern frond, and easily visible nbuild no information colsize Solitary nester clutch 2 eggs eggcolour white with very fine, evenly scattered pinkish-brown spots eggsize 21 x 15 mm (Sudan) incub incubation by female only, no information on duration of incubation period chicks chicks brooded and fed by both sexes, no information on duration of nestling period |
Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records
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Vm 18666 |  Vm 17608 |  Vm 13808 |  Vm 6901 |  Vm 2474 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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2474, 2009-12-23,1,Rwanda, Gisakura, near Nyungwe, Rwanda, Anderson Jason, tree
6901, 2013-7-14,1,Uganda, Buhoma, Perrins N, tree
13808, 2005-11-15,0,Nigeria, Obudu Plateau , Leventis, T, tree
17608, 2015-6-21,1,Rwanda, Gisakura Tea Factory & Forest, Krochuk Billi, tree
18666, 2016-1-3,1,Uganda, Bwindi Lodge, Bygott David, 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 [200] - Discovery [83]: Black-billed Weaver (2016-04-13)
Weaver Wednesday [60]: Black-billed Weaver (2013-08-07)
First PHOWN record for Black-billed Weaver (2012-06-21)