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Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri

(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 1961

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
- - (n=0)Colonial, with up to 30 nests together, but solitary nests also noted
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 1

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Dec-Feb

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
Probably polygynous
season
Dec-Feb
nsite
attached by side to reed at point 2-3 m above ground (closer to water when habitat flooded)
nbuild
woven by male, after accepting nest, female apparently adds further material
colsize
Colonial, with up to 30 nests together, but solitary nests also noted
clutch
1-2 eggs
eggcolour
olive-brown to turquoise with light brown markings
eggsize
mean of three eggs 20 x 13.9 mm
incub
no information
chicks
no information

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Vm 1961

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1961, 2012-2-19,0,Tanzania, on the road from Ifakara to the Kilombero River Ferry , Oliver, Paul, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [234] - Discovery [117]: Kilombero Weaver (2016-12-07)
Weaver Wednesday [18]: Kilombero Weaver (2012-10-17)
48th PHOWN species & first Kilombero Weaver PHOWN record (2012-02-23)