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779, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger (see species summary here)

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm8715 [on-line data upload (2014-02-10): 68022]
SpeciesRed-billed Buffalo Weaver
Observer(s)Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, Mpumalanga, Komatipoort,
2531BD
LocalityTenbosch t/off N4 near Komatipoort
Latitude, longitude-25.433230555556, 31.829888888889 [0 m accuracy]
Date2014/2/2
NotesVm 6487 revisited. Visited mid-day. Birds in attendance. Nest clusters grown. Note lower nests - different species below. No other weaver identified. Could be Spectacled Weavers as this area was forest, now banana plantations.
Nest count0
Nest siteman-made

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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
647477921/7/20130colonies on 2 Pylons in large, newly planted banana plantation. Comment: note other nests below buffalo weavers. Looked like red headed weaver nests - but only recording B. niger as no birds seen in attendance. nests: 2 colonies [see 6487]
87157792/2/20140Vm 6487 revisited. Visited mid-day. Birds in attendance. Nest clusters grown. Note lower nests - different species below. No other weaver identified. Could be Spectacled Weavers as this area was forest, now banana plantations.

Vm 6474

Vm 8715

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