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

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	8715 [on-line data upload (2014-02-10): 68022]
Species	Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Observer(s)	Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Mpumalanga, Komatipoort, 2531BD
Locality	Tenbosch t/off N4 near Komatipoort
Latitude, longitude	-25.433230555556, 31.829888888889 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2014/2/2
Notes	Vm 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 count	0
Nest site	man-made

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
6474	779	21/7/2013	0	colonies 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]
8715	779	2/2/2014	0	Vm 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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