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White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus

(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 19022

No of records in PHOWN for this species: 20

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=4)Male defends territory of 600-1900 m2 against conspecifics
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Nest site

Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:
reed - 4
tree - 1

Breeding seasonality

PHOWN Records per month for this species

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
353900000000

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15
Sept-Oct in Sudan, Jun in Ethiopia; Feb-Apr in Rwanda and S DRCongo; peak Mar-Jun and recorded also Sept and Dec-Feb in Kenya; Dec-Mar in Tanzania; Apr on Sao Tome, Jan-Apr in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, Dec-Feb in Botswana, Dec-Apr in Zimbabwe, Feb-Mar in Mozambique and Oct-Apr 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, with up to four females per male
season
Sept-Oct in Sudan, Jun in Ethiopia; Feb-Apr in Rwanda and S DRCongo; peak Mar-Jun and recorded also Sept and Dec-Feb in Kenya; Dec-Mar in Tanzania; Apr on Sao Tome, Jan-Apr in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, Dec-Feb in Botswana, Dec-Apr in Zimbabwe, Feb-Mar in Mozambique and Oct-Apr in South Africa
nsite
supported by vertical grass stems
nbuild
male weaves framework
colsize
Male defends territory of 600-1900 m2 against conspecifics
clutch
2-4 eggs (mean 2.6 in Zimbabwe)
eggcolour
pale greenish-blue, densely speckled with olive-green
eggsize
average size of 49 eggs 18.5 x 13.6 mm (South Africa)
incub
incubation by female only, period 12-15 days
chicks
chicks fed by female, primarily by regurgitation, nestling period 11-14 days; young independent at 36 days

Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records


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Vm 19022
Vm 19021
Vm 8635
Vm 8520
Vm 1032

List of all PHOWN records for this species


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1032, 2004-2-25,1,South Africa, Bospoort farm, Kroonstad, 27 36 53.2S 27 07 20.6E , de Swardt D, tree
8520, 2014-1-23,1,South Africa, Unnamed road between R515 and R513 near Rayton, Cronje Pieter, reed
8635, 2014-1-3,0,South Africa, Umgeni flats, Howick, Zaloumis, Alex, reed
19021, 2006-1-20,1,South Africa, Polokwane Nature Reserve in south-eastern corner, Engelbrecht GD, reed
19022, 2006-2-2,1,South Africa, Polokwane Nature Reserve in south-eastern corner, Engelbrecht GD, reed
100365, 1966-3-2,0,Angola, Sa da Bandeira, D. Mumputo, reed
100366, 1966-3-25,0,Angola, Mapunda, D. Mumputo, reed
100367, 1966-4-1,0,Angola, Mucanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100368, 1966-4-1,0,Angola, Mucanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100369, 1966-4-1,0,Angola, Mucanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100370, 1966-4-1,0,Angola, Mucanca, J. Domingos, reed
100371, 1966-4-1,0,Angola, Muncanca, J. Domingos, reed
100372, 1966-4-6,0,Angola, Muncanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100373, 1966-4-6,0,Angola, Muncanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100374, 1966-4-6,0,Angola, Muncanca, D. Mumputo, reed
100375, 1966-4-6,0,Angola, Muncanca, J. Domingos, reed
100376, 1966-2-18,0,Angola, Tundavala, J. Domingos, reed
100377, 1966-2-18,0,Angola, Tundavala, J. Domingos, reed
100378, 1966-2-23,0,Angola, Tundavala, D. Mumputo, reed
100379, 1966-3-3,0,Angola, Humpata, J. Domingos, reed

All PHOWN news items relating to this species

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Weaver Wednesday 3 [259] - Range changes [22]: White-winged Widowbird (2017-05-31)
Weaver Wednesday [167] - Discovery [50]: White-winged Widowbird (2015-08-26)
Weaver Wednesday [22]: White-winged Widowbird (2012-11-14)