Photos of Weaver Nests

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PHOWN:   25020
Province:   Katanga
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   0928DA
Observer:   de Cauwer R
Date of record:   2017-01-28
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I wonder if Melano sometimes squat the pelzeni nests as I observed several times Females and Males visiting nests and then being aggressively chased away from Pelzelni Males? Their nests are very similar built, same places and impossible to say which is which.I saw nests built in Ambach trees, grass, reeds,papyrus.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:45
Sp. code:   1065
Species name:   Ploceus pelzelni
Common name:   Slender-billed Weaver
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pelzelni nest visited several times by Melanocephalus females
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=PHOWN-25020
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 25020 - photo: 1
VM-number: 25020 - photo: 2
VM-number: 25020 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dieter Oschadleus
Comment:  
Date:   2017-02-08 14:18:16
Species name:   Ploceus pelzelni -- Slender-billed Weaver
Species code:   1065

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