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Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius

(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 27826

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 7

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
18 - 34.0 - 50 (n=2)Colonial, with several hudred nests at some sites, also isolated single nests
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
tree - 7

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Oct-Apr in Liberia, Jun-Jul in Ghana and Togo, Feb, Jun, Sept and Nov-Dec in Nigeria, Oct-Mar in Gabon, Dec and Feb in PRCongo, possibly all months in DRCongo (Apr-Sept in Ituri, Jan in Itombwe), and Feb-May in Uganda

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
Presumably polygynous
season
Oct-Apr in Liberia, Jun-Jul in Ghana and Togo, Feb, Jun, Sept and Nov-Dec in Nigeria, Oct-Mar in Gabon, Dec and Feb in PRCongo, possibly all months in DRCongo (Apr-Sept in Ituri, Jan in Itombwe), and Feb-May in Uganda
nsite
placed 1.5-3 m above water in reeds or similar, up to 5 m over land in tree or bush; on offshore islets, low down in shrub on leeward side
nbuild
built by male
colsize
Colonial, with several hudred nests at some sites, also isolated single nests
clutch
2 eggs
eggcolour
pale blue, green, brown or sometimes reddish, with fine lilac and brown spotting, denser at thick end
eggsize
average size 21 x 14.5 mm (Uganda)
incub
incubation by female, in captivity period 13-14 days
chicks
nestling period in captivity 13-16 days

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 27826
Vm 26342
Vm 13829
Vm 13803
Vm 13802
Vm 9888

Vm 3122

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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3122, 2012-8-30,50,Ghana, Hans Cottage Botel, Brown M, tree
9888, 2013-11-19,18,Ghana, Hans Cottage Botel, Schmidt O.F.J; 12 members of Cape Bird Club, tree
13802, 2009-6-13,0,Ghana, Hans C. Kakum National Park , Leventis, T, tree
13803, 2007-6-12,0,Ghana, Kakum S, Leventis, T, tree
13829, 1993-4-15,0,Nigeria, Lagos Lagoon, Leventis, T, tree
26342, 2017-7-11,0,Uganda, Botanic Gardens, Bar, Oschadleus HD, tree
27826, 2018-4-9,0,Ghana, Shama area, Booysen M., tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [141] - Discovery [24]: Orange Weaver (2015-02-25)
Weaver Wednesday [51]: Orange Weaver (2013-06-05)
First PHOWN record for Orange Weaver (2012-10-05)