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Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni

(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 30354

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 9

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 - 13.0 - 34 (n=6)Colonial
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 2
tree - 7

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
002212100010

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Feb-Jun and Oct-Dec (peak of laying Apr-May) in Uganda, Mar-Jun in Kenya, and Sept and Nov-Jun 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
Polygynous
season
Feb-Jun and Oct-Dec (peak of laying Apr-May) in Uganda, Mar-Jun in Kenya, and Sept and Nov-Jun in Tanzania
nsite
usually over water in papyrus or reeds, sometimes in tree, ambatch or even maize (Zea mays) field
nbuild
no information
colsize
Colonial
clutch
2-3 eggs
eggcolour
blue with purplish-brown or dark red spots, often very fine and dense
eggsize
average size 20.6 x 14.3 mm (Uganda)
incub
no information
chicks
no information

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 30354
Vm 29965
Vm 24561
Vm 12431
Vm 11500
Vm 9294

Vm 2644
Vm 2451
Vm 2391

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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2391, 2012-5-23,25,Tanzania, Messerani Snake Park, Beale C; Victoria Beale, tree
2451, 2006-7-26,0,Tanzania, Lukuba Island Lake Victoria at waters edge , Oliver, Paul, reed
2644, 2007-6-18,2,Kenya, Lake Baringo, Kenya, Steen Lia, tree
9294, 2014-3-26,1,Tanzania, Bandari street near rail road bridge , Cronje Pieter, tree
11500, 2014-4-6,34,Tanzania, Tarangire NP, Eggert Ron, reed
12431, 2013-3-3,0,Tanzania, Rubondo Island, Oliver, Paul, tree
24561, 2007-6-17,0,Kenya, Lake Baringo, Kenya, Steen L., tree
29965, 2021-4-21,14,Uganda, Entebbe Botanical Garden, Cronje Pieter, tree
30354, 2021-11-21,2,Uganda, Kaseyeni Fishing site, Cronje Pieter, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

The headers below refer to Weaver News items featuring PHOWN and this species. Click on a header to see the News item, which includes the full news item. (The number in brackets is the date that the news item appeared on Weaver Watch).


Weaver Wednesday [204] - Discovery [87]: Golden-backed Weaver (2016-05-11)
Weaver Wednesday [47]: Golden-backed Weaver (2013-05-08)