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Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus

(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 20181

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, nesting in small groups
Compare colony sizes of different weaver species with this species here.

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
Mar in Ethiopia

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
Mar in Ethiopia
nsite
in trees or reeds; suspended from tip of branch or at side from a single reed
nbuild
no information
colsize
Colonial, nesting in small groups
clutch
2 eggs
eggcolour
pale greenish blue or greyish green, spotted with brown and lilac
eggsize
size 20.5 x 14.5 mm (one egg from Ethiopia)
incub
no information
chicks
no information

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Vm 20181

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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20181, 2009-10-27,0,Ethiopia, Dawa River, Janos Olah, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [215] - Discovery [98]: Juba Weaver (2016-07-27)
Weaver Wednesday [95]: Juba Weaver (2014-04-09)