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Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
(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 26814
No of records in PHOWN for this species: 4
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) | Inter-nest distance mostly at least 25 m, but nests sometimes clumped within 5 m of each other |
Nest site
Type of nest site for this species in PHOWN:| reed - 3 |
Breeding seasonality
PHOWN Records per month for this species
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 15 | Feb in Angola, Dec-Apr in DRCongo, Apr-May in Zambia, Nov-Jan in Kenya, and Oct-Jun (primarily Nov-Feb) 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 five females per male season Feb in Angola, Dec-Apr in DRCongo, Apr-May in Zambia, Nov-Jan in Kenya, and Oct-Jun (primarily Nov-Feb) in South Africa nsite placed less than 50 cm above ground in tuft of short grass within male territory nbuild Nest built by female, usually unaided; male may produce simple nest rings colsize Inter-nest distance mostly at least 25 m, but nests sometimes clumped within 5 m of each other clutch 2-3 eggs eggcolour pale greenish or blue-green, heavily speckled with grey or olive-brown eggsize average size of 110 eggs 21.6 x 15.7 mm (South Africa) incub incubation by female only, period 12-14 days chicks chicks fed by female only, c. 1.6 feeds per hour per nestling in study in Kenya, nestling period c. 17 days; fledglings leave nest before fully able to fly |
Thumb-nails of most recent PHOWN records
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Vm 26814 |  Vm 18975 |  Vm 14704 |
List of all PHOWN records for this species
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14704, 2005-1-6,1,South Africa, Wakkerstroom, grassland, Oschadleus HD, reed
18975, 2016-2-25,0,South Africa, Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve, Helena area, Pretorius, Morne , reed
26814, 2014-1-23,0,South Africa, Nooitgedaght, du Plessis D, reed
100297, 1966-2-18,0,Angola, Tundavala, J. Domingos, other
All PHOWN news items relating to this species
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Weaver Wednesday 3 [261] - Range changes [24]: Long-tailed Widowbird (2017-06-14)
Weaver Wednesday [128] - Discovery [11]: Long-tailed Widowbird (2014-11-26)
Weaver Wednesday [82]: Long-tailed Widowbird (2014-01-08)
Eggs of Angolan weavers (2012-07-15)