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Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons

(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 30203

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 36

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 - 1.7 - 5 (n=26)n/a
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
tree - 34

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
111448134351

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
at any time of year when conditions favourable; peak months Feb-Mar in Zambia, Dec-Apr in Botswana, Jan-Mar in Zimbabwe and Jan-Jun in South Africa

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
Monogamous, at least within a breeding season
season
at any time of year when conditions favourable; peak months Feb-Mar in Zambia, Dec-Apr in Botswana, Jan-Mar in Zimbabwe and Jan-Jun in South Africa
nsite
placed in tree and usually 1-4 m above ground up to 6 m in tall tree; sometimes roofs over old cup-nest of shrike (Laniidae) or flycatcher (Muscicapidae), or utilizes old nest of another weaver, e.g. Ploceus velatus
nbuild
ln captivity, female built nest while male brought material
colsize
n/a
clutch
3-5
eggcolour
greenish, bluish or pale cream, densely freckled with grey to brownish
eggsize
average size 15.7 x 11.3 mm (106 eggs from South Africa)
incub
incubation by female alone, period 10-12 days
chicks
chicks fed by both sexes, nestling period 14-18 days

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 30203
Vm 30196
Vm 30041
Vm 29972
Vm 29941
Vm 29585

Vm 29491
Vm 29448
Vm 29416
Vm 28810
Vm 28476
Vm 28431

Vm 27800
Vm 26220
Vm 25180
Vm 19154
Vm 18491
Vm 16811

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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197, 2008-6-21,2,Angola, Side of road, between Cahama and Cunene River, Oschadleus HD; Michael Mills, Ara Monadjem, tree
1542, 2011-11-16,2,South Africa, Tswalu Kalahari, veld1 , Oschadleus HD, tree
1543, 2011-11-15,1,South Africa, Tswalu Kalahari, veld2 , Oschadleus HD, tree
2772, 2012-8-23,4,South Africa, Lemoenspruit, Luckhoff (near Orangeriver), De Swardt D.H., tree
5738, 2013-6-14,1,South Africa, Goudkop Safari Lodge, Boshof, De Swardt D.H., tree
6135, 2013-4-29,1,South Africa, Mokala National Park, Steenberg L; Aneldi Steenberg, Zuretha Venter, Teresa Smit, tree
7498, 2013-11-21,0,South Africa, Off the R359, Augrabies Falls National Park, Rosenthal, Philip, tree
11647, 2014-5-29,1,South Africa, Road , Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11760, 2014-6-2,1,South Africa, Bril se Dam farm, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11761, 2014-6-2,4,South Africa, Bril se Dam farm, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11762, 2014-6-2,1,South Africa, Bril se Dam farm, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11767, 2014-6-2,1,South Africa, Bril se Dam farm, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11801, 2014-6-3,1,South Africa, R361 road, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
11844, 2014-6-5,1,South Africa, R359 road, Oschadleus HD; Barry and Sue Schultz, tree
13725, 2014-10-11,5,South Africa, Amakulu Safari, Aletheim, De Swardt Dawie, tree
14021, 2014-11-14,2,South Africa, Brinksvlei, Perdeberg area, De Swardt Dawie, tree
15560, 2009-9-9,0,Namibia, Vogelstrausskluft Private Game Reserve, Gulliver Heather, tree
16285, 2015-4-23,0,South Africa, MZNP, Kleiman PR, tree
16811, 2005-2-23,0,South Africa, Polokwane Nature Reserve , Engelbrecht, Derek, tree
18491, 2015-12-8,1,South Africa, Bosmansrus, west of Boshof, De Swardt Dawie, tree
19154, 2008-1-16,1,South Africa, Klein Papkuil, du Plessis D, tree
25180, 2017-3-20,0,South Africa, Soetfontein , Liebenberg Aletta Gesina, tree
26220, 2017-5-24,2,South Africa, Brakfontein NR (Armika), De Swardt Dawie; Toby Esplin, tree
27800, 2018-10-1,0,South Africa, In Umgeni street next to railway tracks., Grobler Elna, tree
28431, 2019-4-27,0,South Africa, 6 Km North-east of Upington, Herselman Tino, tree
28476, 2019-5-19,1,Namibia, 1 x nest in lemon tree, Cunningham Peter, tree
28810, 2019-8-12,3,South Africa, South of Boyela waterhole, northern Kruger National Park, McKenzie D, tree
29416, 2020-8-21,1,South Africa, Hauptsrus, Archer A.M., tree
29448, 2020-9-22,0,South Africa, Doornhoek, van Dyk Zenobia, tree
29491, 2020-10-9,1,South Africa, Scandaniawieadrif, Archer A.M., tree
29585, 2020-11-20,1,South Africa, Dupperspos, Archer A.M., tree
29941, 2021-4-22,0,South Africa, Matjhabeng municipality, du Plooy J,
29972, 2021-5-1,0,South Africa, Matjhabeng municipality, du Plooy J,
30041, 2021-7-9,1,South Africa, Banyini Pan, McKenzie D, tree
30196, 2021-9-11,1,Namibia, start of Okerfontein loop, Oschadleus HD, tree
30203, 2021-9-21,2,Namibia, Avis Dam, betw parking and wall, Oschadleus HD, tree

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday 3 [241] - Range changes [4]: Scaly-feathered Finch (2017-01-25)
Weaver Wednesday [154] - Discovery [37]: Scaly-feathered Finch (2015-05-27)
Weaver Wednesday [7]: Scaly-feathered Finch (2012-08-01)