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780, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali (see species summary here)

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm11302 [on-line data upload (2014-05-22): 84779]
Specieswhite-browed Sparrow-weaver
Observer(s)Archer A.M.
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, Free State, Bothaville,
2726CB
LocalityAround Kommandodrif
Latitude, longitude-27.5828993286077, 26.4088153839111 [5 m accuracy]
Date2014/5/21
NotesThis colony seems to have taught each other to build on man-made wire structures. There were a number of nests on wires in the same vicinity. Cannot recall other WBSW nests on man-made structures?
Nest count1
Nest siteman-made

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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
1130278021/5/20141This colony seems to have taught each other to build on man-made wire structures. There were a number of nests on wires in the same vicinity. Cannot recall other WBSW nests on man-made structures?

Vm 11302

Best: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver - nest on tel line

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