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White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli

(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 28553

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 12

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 - 7.3 - 18 (n=9)n/a
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
tree - 12

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
023012002110

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
probably dependent on local rainfall: Aug-Sept and Dec in Sudan, Apr-Aug in Ethiopia, Feb-Jun and Sept in Somalia, May in Uganda, Feb-Mar, May, Jul and Nov in Kenya, and Dec in Tanzania

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
perhaps occasional co-operitive breeding
season
probably dependent on local rainfall: Aug-Sept and Dec in Sudan, Apr-Aug in Ethiopia, Feb-Jun and Sept in Somalia, May in Uganda, Feb-Mar, May, Jul and Nov in Kenya, and Dec in Tanzania
nsite
usually 2-4 m above ground and resting on branch or suspended from end or underside of branch
nbuild
Nest built by both sexes
colsize
n/a
clutch
3-4
eggcolour
greyish or pale blue, thickly blotched with olive-brown and grey-brown, markings sometimes foming cap at thick end
eggsize
average 24.6 x I 8 mm (Kenya)
incub
no data on incubation
chicks
chicks fed by both sexes, nestling period in captivity at least 14 days

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 28553
Vm 13337
Vm 7520
Vm 5660
Vm 5190
Vm 3698

Vm 3222
Vm 3213
Vm 2647
Vm 707
Vm 705
Vm 704

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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704, 2011-3-22,1,Ethiopia, Awash NP along main road from entrance gate to lodge , Van Vuuren A; S Swarts, Abiye Dagne, tree
705, 2011-3-22,1,Ethiopia, Awash NP along main road from entrance gate to lodge , Van Vuuren A; S Swarts, Abiye Dagne, tree
707, 2011-3-23,1,Ethiopia, in front of the main buildings at Bilen Lodge, Van Vuuren A; S Swarts, Abiye Dagne, tree
2647, 2007-6-23,15,Kenya, Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya, Steen Lia, tree
3213, 2012-9-19,14,Kenya, Samburu; near the Park gate or between the gate and Isiolo, Sinclair, Ian, tree
3222, 2012-9-19,8,Kenya, Samburu; near the Park gate or between the gate and Isiolo, Sinclair, Ian, tree
3698, 2012-10-22,0,Tanzania, Gideru ridge, Yaeda Valley , Peterson, Daudi, tree
5190, 2013-2-24,4,Tanzania, Grumeti Reserves, Harris Ann, tree
5660, 2013-6-1,4,Tanzania, Grumeti Eastern Triangle, Grumeti Reserves, Serengeti, Harris Ann, tree
7520, 2013-11-24,0,Ethiopia, Hal El Kuran village, McCarter Frank, tree
13337, 2014-5-23,18,Kenya, L. jipe, Chesire Dominic, tree
28553, 2019-2-20,0,Ethiopia, Lake Langano, Booysen M., tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [164] - Discovery [47]: White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (2015-08-05)
Weaver Wednesday [13]: White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (2012-09-12)