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3942, Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis (see species summary here)

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm8413 [on-line data upload (2014-01-15): 64529]
SpeciesBocage's Weaver
Observer(s)Spottiswoode C; Callan Cohen
Country, town, locusZambia, Western, Mwinilunga,
1124CB
LocalityLuakera River, 1.1 km upstream of the Chitunta River confluence
Latitude, longitude-11.52185, 24.36502 [0 m accuracy]
Date2013/8/31
NotesSeveral smaller groups of nests with no birds in attendance we seen along the next few hundred metres upstream. At least 2 males and 4 females were in attendance at this colony. Additional photos of birds themselves available if required.
Nest count12
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
2371394217/9/201103 males seen; We believe all females were sitting; Walking along the river for about a kilometre upstream, we came across at least three more groups of nests, never more than 5 together if I recall, all low hanging like these over the river. Photos taken from far
8413394231/8/201312Several smaller groups of nests with no birds in attendance we seen along the next few hundred metres upstream. At least 2 males and 4 females were in attendance at this colony. Additional photos of birds themselves available if required.
12090394231/7/20140from the well-known colony on the Luakera Stream in Chitunta Plain, Mwinilunga. You might have some pictures from Callan Cohenet al which would logically be from the same few bushes as the only known breeding location in Zambia. In the habitat picture, you see the green bushes in the centre, above the stream, where they breed.

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