Tit weaver
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Titmouse ( Ploceus alienus ) |
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The tit weaver ( Ploceus alienus , Syn. Sitagra aliena ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the species of bunting weaver ( Ploceus ).
The Latin additional species comes from the Latin alienus 'foreign' .
The bird is found in East Africa in Burundi , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda and Uganda in the mountain forests of the Western Rift .
The distribution area includes evergreen mountain forest from 1500 to 3000 m altitude, also clearings, secondary forest and bamboo .
features
The species is 14 cm tall and weighs between 19 and 24 g. The male is green on the upper side with a black head, beak, neck, throat to middle chest, there chestnut brown, in the middle drop-shaped. The iris is reddish. The underside is yellow. The female is distinguished by a maroon throat. Young birds are paler with a dark greenish head.
The species is monotypical .
voice
The singing of the male is described as a rhythmic “wee chow-chow-chow”, and falling series of whistles of 5–7 tones, as in the spectacle weaver ( Ploceus ocularis ), also occur.
Way of life
The diet consists mainly of insects , also berries and plant seeds . The search for food takes place in the undergrowth and between the trees at medium height.
The breeding season is between January and May in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and January to February and June and October in Uganda. The species is monogamous with possibly longer pair ties.
Hazardous situation
The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).
literature
- RB Sharpe: Sitagra aliena. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club Vol. 13, 1902, p. 21, Biodiversity Library
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ploceus alienus in the Internet Bird Collection
- Weaver Watch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meisenweber , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
- ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ^ A b c T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-691-12665-4 .
- ↑ Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers
- ↑ Redlist