Palm weaver

Palm weaver
	Palm weaver ( Ploceus bojeri ), male in breeding dress
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Weaver birds (Ploceidae)
Subfamily :	Ploceinae
Genre :	Ploceus
Type :	Palm weaver
Scientific name
	Ploceus bojeri
	( Cabanis , 1869)

Females at the nest

The palm weaver ( Ploceus bojeri , Syn. Hyphantornis bojeri ) belongs within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of the bunting weaver ( Ploceus ).

The Latin additional species refers to Wenceslas Bojer .

The bird is found in East Africa in Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia and in northeastern Tanzania .

The distribution area includes palm savannah on the coast, bank vegetation down to savannas below 1200 m altitude.

features

The species is 14 cm tall and weighs between 17 and 29 g. The male is light yellow with orange on the head and chest, there is a maroon border, with a dark brown iris , almost black, and a black beak. The wing covers are yellow-brown and striped slightly yellow. The female is yellowish olive-brown, striped yellow on the top, yellow on the underside, the beak is anthracite above and yellowish below. Fledglings are paler than females.

The species is monotypical .

voice

The male's song is described as a series of creaking tones, "eee-urr-twa-twee-twu".

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of seeds and insects . The birds are sociable.

The breeding season is between October and January in Kenya, between May and October in Mombasa, and May and July in Somalia.

Hazardous situation

The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).

Web links

Commons : Palmenweber - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ploceus bojeri in the Internet Bird Collection
Weaver Watch

Individual evidence

↑ Palmenweber , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
^ B. Beolens, M. Watkins: Whose Bird ?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate , Christopher Helm, London, 2003
↑ ^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

[avibase-1] Palmenweber , in Avibase - The World Bird Database

[2] B. Beolens, M. Watkins: Whose Bird ?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate , Christopher Helm, London, 2003

[HBW-3] Handbook of the Birds of the World

[Stevenson-4] 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 .

[5] Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers

[6] Redlist