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Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus

(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 7114

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
7 - 7.0 - 7 (n=1)nests sometimes within 10 m of each other
Compare colony sizes of different weaver species with this species here.

Nest site

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

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Aug-Oct in W Africa (from Sierra Leone E to Nigeria), Jan-Feb in Gabon, and Jul-Sept in PRCongo; May-Jun and also Feb and Aug-Oct in Uganda; regional differences in DRCongo, Sept-Nov in Uele region, Feb-Apr in Kwilu area

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
Aug-Oct in W Africa (from Sierra Leone E to Nigeria), Jan-Feb in Gabon, and Jul-Sept in PRCongo; May-Jun and also Feb and Aug-Oct in Uganda; regional differences in DRCongo, Sept-Nov in Uele region, Feb-Apr in Kwilu area
nsite
attached 1.4-2.8 m above ground to vertical grass stems, tops of supporting grasses stripped of seeds (and often nipped off)
nbuild
no information
colsize
nests sometimes within 10 m of each other
clutch
3-4 eggs
eggcolour
white, grey or pale bluish-green with fine brown stipples and smears, or plain blue-grey or coffee-coloured
eggsize
average size of six eggs 18.8 x 13.2 mm (Sierra Leone)
incub
no information
chicks
no information

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 7114
Vm 5771

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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5771, 1912-9-0,0,Congo (DRC), Faradje vicinity, Chapin JP, reed
7114, 2010-10-18,7,Sierra Leone, Marampa Iron Ore Mine, several km west of Lunsar Town, McCleland Warren, reed

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 [187] - Discovery [70]: Compact Weaver (2016-01-13)
Weaver Wednesday [9]: Compact Weaver (2012-08-15)