Whitehead weaver

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Whitehead weaver
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White- fronted weaver ( Amblyospiza albifrons )

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Weaver birds (Ploceidae)
Subfamily : Amblyospizinae
Genre : Amblyospiza
Type : Whitehead weaver
Scientific name of the  subfamily
Amblyospizinae
Roberts , 1947
Scientific name of the  genus
Amblyospiza
Sundevall , 1850
Scientific name of the  species
Amblyospiza albifrons
( Vigors , 1831)

The white- fronted weaver ( Amblyospiza albifrons ) is the only species of the genus Amblyospiza within the family of weaver birds (Ploceidae).

description

The white-forehead weaver has brown plumage, which covers the entire body, except on the forehead and on the lower wing side, which have a white swab. The beak and legs are also colored brown. The lower abdomen of the females is striped to varying degrees. The birds grow up to 19 cm.

Female of the white-forehead weaver

Distribution and way of life

The species occurs throughout sub- Saharan Africa . There she lives mainly in the shrub savannah and marshland, riverside regions, which she roams in search of water and food, especially seeds and smaller insects. The birds live in pairs or in small groups.

Reproduction

The males of this species are polygamous. The birds nest in small communal nests made of grass that they build in the reeds or tall grass. The female lays up to 3 eggs in the nest, which the female hatches. The breeding season is 9-17 days. The nestling duration of the young is about 3 weeks.

Male and nest of the white-forehead weaver

Danger

Although the population figures for this species are not known, the IUCN classifies this species as Least Concern .

swell

  • Philip Withfield (ed.): The great world empire of the animals . Planet Medien AG, Zug 1992, ISBN 3-8247-8614-1 . (Pp. 388,389) Translation from English
  • Wilhelm owner (ed.), Erna Mohr: Encyclopedia of the animals. Volume 2, Weltbild, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 978-3-89350-361-2 , p. 382.
  • Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 , pp. 592-595 (title of the English original edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).

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