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Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis

(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 29114

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 16

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
12 - 33.0 - 50 (n=3)Colonial; more than 30 nests at one site and up to 20 in one tree
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Nest site

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

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
000101122900

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
May, Aug and Oct in Angola, Aug-Oct in Zambia

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
May, Aug and Oct in Angola, Aug-Oct in Zambia
nsite
suspended from branch over water or in elephant grass alongside river
nbuild
no information
colsize
Colonial; more than 30 nests at one site and up to 20 in one tree
clutch
2 eggs (mean in Zambia)
eggcolour
plain sky-blue
eggsize
average size of 20 eggs 23.7 x 15.6 mm (Zambia)
incub
no information
chicks
no information

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 29114
Vm 26201
Vm 14705
Vm 12893
Vm 12090
Vm 8413

Vm 2371

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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2371, 2011-9-17,0,Zambia, Luakera river , McDougal R, tree
8413, 2013-8-31,12,Zambia, Luakera River, 1.1 km upstream of the Chitunta River confluence, Spottiswoode C; Callan Cohen, tree
12090, 2014-7-31,0,Zambia, Chitunta Plain; Luakera Stream, Willems, Frank , tree
12893, 2014-9-5,0,Angola, Just off the road, Franke, Ursula , tree
14705, 2008-6-15,37,Angola, Handa farm, pond, Oschadleus HD, tree
26201, 2017-4-9,0,Angola, Kuito dam, Booysen M., tree
29114, 2019-10-11,50,Zambia, Chitunta Plains, Oschadleus HD, tree
100249, 1965-8-6,0,Angola, Luasso, D Maputo, tree
100250, 1972-10-6,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, D Sousa, tree
100251, 1972-10-6,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, D Sousa, tree
100252, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, tree
100253, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, tree
100254, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, tree
100255, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, tree
100256, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, other
100257, 1972-10-7,0,Angola, Cachin Gues, J Felisberto, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday [194] - Discovery [77]: Bocage's Weaver (2016-03-02)
Weaver Wednesday [68]: Bocage's Weaver (2013-10-02)
First PHOWN record for Bocage's Weaver (2012-05-16)