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Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
(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 29498
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 2
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 or solitary nester, typically in groups of up to 15 nests |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| tree - 2 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Aug in Senegal, Jul and Sept-Oct in Mali, Mar-Jul in Ghana, Aug-Sept in Togo, May-Sept in Benin, May-Aug and Jul-Oct at different sites in Nigeria, Aug-Sept in Sudan, Jan-Mar in NE DRCongo, and Jun and Feb 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 polygynous season Aug in Senegal, Jul and Sept-Oct in Mali, Mar-Jul in Ghana, Aug-Sept in Togo, May-Sept in Benin, May-Aug and Jul-Oct at different sites in Nigeria, Aug-Sept in Sudan, Jan-Mar in NE DRCongo, and Jun and Feb in Uganda nsite placed in tree, or often attached to telephone line (each nest woven to the wire throughout its width); one group of nests overhung entrance of busy rest house in Nigeria nbuild coarsely woven by male colsize Colonial or solitary nester, typically in groups of up to 15 nests clutch 2-4 eggs (average 2.2 in Nigeria) eggcolour plain tuquoise-blue, or pale blue with very fine brown spots eggsize average size of 30 eggs 20.9 x 14.6 mm (Nigeria) incub incubation by female, period 12-13 days chicks chicks fed by female alone, nestling period 14-18 days |
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Vm 29498 |  Vm 3725 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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3725, 2004-11-20,20,Gambia, along the roadside at Sabi Forest Park south east of Basse Santu Su, Upper River Region, The Gambia, Barlow, Clive; Fulford, Tony, tree
29498, 2020-10-14,0,Nigeria, Yobe State , Muhammad S, tree
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday [197] - Discovery [80]: Heuglin's Masked Weaver (2016-03-23)
Weaver Wednesday [69]: Heuglin's Masked Weaver (2013-10-09)