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Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
(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 30868
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 5
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 |
| 20 - 20.0 - 20 (n=1) | Colonial |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| reed - 3 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Oct-May in Kenya, and Sept-Jan and Apr-May 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 presumed polygnous season Oct-May in Kenya, and Sept-Jan and Apr-May in Tanzania nsite suspended over water in reeds, bulrushes (Typha) or overhanging tree nbuild No information colsize Colonial clutch 3 eggs eggcolour olive green with fine darker flecks eggsize one measured 23 x 16 mm incub in captivity, incubation period 13 days chicks in captivity, nestling period 16 days |
Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records
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Vm 30868 |  Vm 19097 |  Vm 13810 |  Vm 3483 |  Vm 997 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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997, 2010-12-2,20,Tanzania, Small reserve near Arusha, Perrins N, reed
3483, 2012-10-12,0,Tanzania, Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge, Pringle Stephen, reed
13810, 2012-10-18,0,Tanzania, Lake [Duluti ?], Leventis, T, reed
19097, 2016-4-6,0,Tanzania, TPC dam, near Pangani River , Christine Baissac , tree
30868, 2022-7-29,0,Tanzania, Usia river, Booysen M.,
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [206] - Discovery [89]: Taveta Golden Weaver (2016-05-25)
Weaver Wednesday [36]: Taveta Golden Weaver
(2013-02-20)
PAPER: Sex of Taveta Golden Weaver chicks (2012-06-18)
PHOWN at 1000 (2011-08-05)