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Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans
(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 20938
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 1
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=1) | No information |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 1 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Perhaps not seasonal, but opportunistic; records for Jul-Sept, Nov and Feb-Mar |
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 season Perhaps not seasonal, but opportunistic; records for Jul-Sept, Nov and Feb-Mar nsite placed 1.5-4.5 m above ground at end of branch, most often of Araucaria tree nbuild in captivity male built basic nest frame, whereas field observations suggest that female builds nest colsize No information clutch generally 3 eggs eggcolour pale blue eggsize average size ofseven eggs 18.3 x 13.6 mm incub incubation by female only, period 13-16 days in captivity chicks of two captive pairs, only female fed chicks at one nest, whereas at other both parents fed chicks and removed faecal sacs, live food carried in bill, chicks fed also by regurgitation, nestling period c. 14 days (both in field and in aviary); fledglings fed by both male and female |
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Vm 20938 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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20938, 2010-5-15,1,Mauritius, Grande Montagne, Rodrigues , Steward, Peter , tree
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [182] - Discovery [65]: Rodrigues Fody (2015-12-09)
Weaver Wednesday [87]: Rodrigues Fody (2014-02-12)