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811, Tanganyika Masked Weaver Ploceus reichardi (see species summary here)

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	19397 [on-line data upload (2016-05-17): 214409]
Species	Tanzania Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Willems, Frank; Carl Beel
Country, town, locus	Zambia, , Mbala, 0831DC
Locality	bridge over Saisi R, near border with Tanzania
Latitude, longitude	-8.92914, 31.73049 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2016/4/3
Notes	Nests far from the road (in deep wet swamp). most nests brown, presumably active earlier in the season (Nov-Feb?), some nests (e.g. far left) fresh green, and one male was flying up and down with nesting material. Photos 2-3: colony sites. In blue circles 3 clumps of nests indicated, but there were a few more, all in reeds apart from a few nests in papyrus. Some 20 nests were visible. First firm confirmation of breeding in Zambia. See also The Wattled Crane (BirdWatch Zambia) 46(4):10
Nest count	20
Nest site	reed

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
19397	811	3/4/2016	20	Nests far from the road (in deep wet swamp). most nests brown, presumably active earlier in the season (Nov-Feb?), some nests (e.g. far left) fresh green, and one male was flying up and down with nesting material. Photos 2-3: colony sites. In blue circles 3 clumps of nests indicated, but there were a few more, all in reeds apart from a few nests in papyrus. Some 20 nests were visible. First firm confirmation of breeding in Zambia. See also The Wattled Crane (BirdWatch Zambia) 46(4):10

Vm 19397

Best: Tanganyika M. Weaver - first from Zambia

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