Photos of Weaver Nests

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PHOWN:   3473
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527DD
Observer:   Zaloumis, Alex
Date of record:   2012-10-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   mixed colony of cape & thickbill weavers in tall reeds in dam. eggs found & photographed. birds in attendance. note - re-use of old nest (2 eggs) - remnants of others and new nests being built or completed. 3-4 males seen. females seen probably about 8 or 9 nests (reeds very thick). Egg is 1 of 3 from a Thickbilled weaver nest. Other nests had almost white thickbill weaver eggs
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:45
Sp. code:   804
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons
Common name:   Thick-billed Weaver -- Grosbeak Weaver
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape and Thick-billed weaver
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=PHOWN-3473
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3473 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3473 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3473 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dieter Oschadleus
Comment:  
Date:   2012-10-29 21:15:02
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons -- Thick-billed Weaver; Grosbeak Weaver
Species code:   804

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