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Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens

(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 5182

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
1 - 1.0 - 1 (n=1)territory containing 3-22 nest structures
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Nest site

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

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Oct-Nov in Sierra Leone, Sept-Oct in Liberia, Sept-Nov in Nigeria and Cameroon, Apr-May and Jul-Oct in Ethiopia; in DRCongo, Sept-Nov in NE and Jan-May in SE; Mar-Apr in Rwanda, Apr-Jun in Uganda, Apr-Jul and Dec-Jan in Kenya, and Jan-May in Tanzania; Jan-Apr in Zambia and Jan-May in Malawi; in Mozmbique, Feb-May in W and Oct-Mar in S; Dec-Mar Zimbabwe and Oct-Mar 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
Polygynous, male typically with two or three females
season
Oct-Nov in Sierra Leone, Sept-Oct in Liberia, Sept-Nov in Nigeria and Cameroon, Apr-May and Jul-Oct in Ethiopia; in DRCongo, Sept-Nov in NE and Jan-May in SE; Mar-Apr in Rwanda, Apr-Jun in Uganda, Apr-Jul and Dec-Jan in Kenya, and Jan-May in Tanzania; Jan-Apr in Zambia and Jan-May in Malawi; in Mozmbique, Feb-May in W and Oct-Mar in S; Dec-Mar Zimbabwe and Oct-Mar in South Africa
nsite
placed 1-3.5 m above ground in tall elephant grass, elsewhere often less than 1 m above ground
nbuild
female often does most of building, continues to add lining during incubation period
colsize
territory containing 3-22 nest structures
clutch
2-4 eggs (mean 2.7 in South Africa)
eggcolour
greyish or blue-green, heavily speckled with brown, often forming ring near thick end
eggsize
average size of 149 eggs 18.9 x 13.6 mm (South Africa)
incub
incubation by female only, period 12-15 days
chicks
chicks fed by female only, primarily by regurgitation, nestling period 14-17 days

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Vm 5182
Vm 2411

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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2411, 2012-5-30,1,Kenya, Uhuru gardens, far corner , Oschadleus HD; Fleurs bird walk, reed
5182, 1904-12-4,0,South Africa, Witpoorje, 16 miles from Jhb to Randfontein, Ellemor, FJ, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday 3 [258] - Range changes [21]: Red-collared Widowbird (2017-05-24)
Weaver Wednesday [129] - Discovery [12]: Red-collared Widowbird (2014-12-03)
Weaver Wednesday [19]: Red-collared Widowbird (2012-10-24)
First PHOWN record for Red-collared Widow (2012-06-15)