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Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops

(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 30384

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 12

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 - 1.6 - 2 (n=10)Colonial, with 5-6 nests in one tree
Compare colony sizes of different weaver species with this species here.

Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 9
tree - 3

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
001000360011

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
all months, with peak egg-laying Mar-May and Sept, in Uganda; in Feb-May and Jul in DRCongo

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
Apparently monogamous
season
all months, with peak egg-laying Mar-May and Sept, in Uganda; in Feb-May and Jul in DRCongo
nsite
placed in tall elephant grass or low shrub, or in swamps, in reeds, papyrus, bulrushes (Typha) or ambatch
nbuild
built by male
colsize
Colonial, with 5-6 nests in one tree
clutch
2-3 eggs
eggcolour
either pinkish or pale blue, immaculate or spotted with red-brown
eggsize
average size 22.5 x 14.5 mm (Uganda)
incub
no information
chicks
chicks fed by both male and female

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 30384
Vm 30071
Vm 30070
Vm 30069
Vm 30068
Vm 30067

Vm 30066
Vm 28585
Vm 26603
Vm 26362
Vm 24770
Vm 732

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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732, 2009-3-8,1,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Perrins N, tree
24770, 2016-11-27,1,Tanzania, Northern tip of Rubondo Islands NP, Oliver, Paul, tree
26362, 2017-7-15,0,Uganda, Mabamba swamp, Oschadleus HD, reed
26603, 2016-7-26,1,Kenya, Takawiri Island in Lake Victoria, McReynolds Mark, tree
28585, 2019-7-19,0,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Booysen M., reed
30066, 2021-8-14,2,Uganda, Mamamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30067, 2021-8-14,2,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30068, 2021-8-14,2,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30069, 2021-8-14,2,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30070, 2021-8-14,1,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30071, 2021-8-14,2,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp, Cronje Pieter, reed
30384, 2021-12-2,2,Uganda, Mabamba Swamp , Cronje Pieter, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [203] - Discovery [86]: Northern Brown-throated Weaver (2016-05-04)
Weaver Wednesday [74]: Northern Brown-throated Weaver (2013-11-13)