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Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii

(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 9572

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 2

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
- - (n=0)male holding territory holding three or four nests
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
tree - 2

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
May-Aug in NE DRCongo, Apr-Oct and Dec in Uganda, May in Kenya, and Apr-Jun 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
Polygynous
season
May-Aug in NE DRCongo, Apr-Oct and Dec in Uganda, May in Kenya, and Apr-Jun and Dec in Tanzania
nsite
in Uganda 2 m above ground in elephant grass, attached to one vertical stalk and some leaf blades, one nest in Tanzania was 1 m above ground in fork of wood shrub
nbuild
No information
colsize
male holding territory holding three or four nests
clutch
2-4 eggs
eggcolour
bright blue, sometimes with fine black or red-brown spotting
eggsize
size 20.6 x 15.3 mm
incub
No information
chicks
No information

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Vm 9572
Vm 9286

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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9286, 1929-6-0,0,Tanzania, Ikoma region, Serengeti, Bowen WW, tree
9572, 1929-6-19,0,Tanzania, Serronea River, Ikoma region, Serengeti, Bowen WW, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [193] - Discovery [76]: Black Bishop (2016-02-24)
Weaver Wednesday [61]: Black Bishop (2013-08-14)