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Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis

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PHOWN priorities: none yet

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

Vm 27617

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 10

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 - 4.5 - 12 (n=6)Old reports of colonial nesting in W Africa, and colonies of up to six nests noted in Liberia, also group of 30 nests in oil palms in Gabon (nesting on fringes of mixed colonies of P. cucullatus and P. nigerrimus may account for some of these observations), and two pairs in Gabon nested within 5 m of each other; elsewhere a solitary nester, or, where several nests present only one occupied (single male may build up to four nests at a site)
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
other - 1
tree - 9

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Jul-Nov in Senegambia, Sept-Oct in Liberia, Jan-Mar in Ghana, Jul in Burkina Faso, Jun-Sept in Nigeria, mainly Mar-Apr and Aug-Sept in Cameroon, in most months except main dry season (most breeding Nov-Apr) in Gabon, Nov in PRCongo; in DRCongo, Feb-Mar and Jun-Oct in Kivu, Mar-Oct in NE and Nov-Dec in Itombwe; in most months (peaks Apr-May and Sept) in Uganda, Jan-Jul (mainly Mar-May) in Kenya, and Sept-Oct and Jan 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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Published breeding information

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

bond
Monogamous, probably with long-term pair-bond; occasionally polygynous, e.g. at two sites in Kenya male acquired two females
season
Jul-Nov in Senegambia, Sept-Oct in Liberia, Jan-Mar in Ghana, Jul in Burkina Faso, Jun-Sept in Nigeria, mainly Mar-Apr and Aug-Sept in Cameroon, in most months except main dry season (most breeding Nov-Apr) in Gabon, Nov in PRCongo; in DRCongo, Feb-Mar and Jun-Oct in Kivu, Mar-Oct in NE and Nov-Dec in Itombwe; in most months (peaks Apr-May and Sept) in Uganda, Jan-Jul (mainly Mar-May) in Kenya, and Sept-Oct and Jan in Rwanda
nsite
suspended from tree in savanna steppe or attached to elephant grass in E Africa, in W Africa up to 2 m above ground in low tree, even in villages in Cameroon; on Bioko, in oil palm close to nest of the wasp Polibioides tabida
nbuild
built by male, female sometimes contributing
colsize
Old reports of colonial nesting in W Africa, and colonies of up to six nests noted in Liberia, also group of 30 nests in oil palms in Gabon (nesting on fringes of mixed colonies of P. cucullatus and P. nigerrimus may account for some of these observations), and two pairs in Gabon nested within 5 m of each other; elsewhere a solitary nester, or, where several nests present only one occupied (single male may build up to four nests at a site)
clutch
usually 2 eggs
eggcolour
blue to whitish with fine red speckles
eggsize
average size of 29 eggs 21 x 14 mm (Cameroon)
incub
incubation at one nest reported as done by both male and female, at another by female only; no information on duration of incubation period
chicks
chicks fed by both sexes; no information on duration of nestling period

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 27617
Vm 26338
Vm 17868
Vm 17610
Vm 16863
Vm 15774

Vm 11861
Vm 11499
Vm 7289
Vm 5070

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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5070, 2013-1-20,0,Sierra Leone, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Cronje Pieter, tree
7289, 2007-10-29,12,Cameroon, Batoke beach, Monnoyeur Gilles, tree
11499, 2014-5-15,4,Tanzania, Engutukoiti, Eggert Ron; David Peterson, tree
11861, 2014-6-14,5,Kenya, Olorgesailie Heritage Site, National Museums of Kenya, Wangui Esther, tree
15774, 1992-10-0,0,Kenya, Samburu National Reserve, Adam Craig, tree
16863, 2015-5-9,0,Tanzania, Seronera visitors site in the Serengeti , Gibbs D, other
17610, 2015-6-22,1,Rwanda, Isumo Trail, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Krochuk Billi, tree
17868, 2015-9-27,4,Kenya, Moi National Sport Centre, Kaserani, Cronje Pieter, tree
26338, 2017-7-11,1,Uganda, Botanic Gardens, Oschadleus HD, tree
27617, 2018-7-7,0,Nigeria, Bunza, Ringim Abubakar Surajo, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [142] - Discovery [25]: Black-necked Weaver (2015-03-04)
Weaver Wednesday [65]: Black-necked Weaver (2013-09-11)