Weynsweber
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Weynsweber ( Ploceus weynsi ), bellows in the Nairobi National Museum |
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The Weynsweber ( Ploceus weynsi , Syn. Melanopteryx weynsi ) belongs within the family of the weaver birds (Ploceidae) to the genus of the Ammerweber ( Ploceus ).
The Latin additional species refers to Auguste François Guillaume Weyns (1854–1944).
The bird is found in East Africa in Uganda , in the bordering east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in northwestern Tanzania as well as in the Republic of the Congo . One individual observation is available from Kenya .
The distribution area includes forests with a large number of trees, including secondary forests , clearings, preferably near lakes, from 1000 to 1500 m altitude.
features
The species is 15 cm tall, the male weighs between 24 and 36, the female between 23 and 34 g. The male is black on the head, back, throat and chest in the brood-plumage, the top is olive-green with black stripes, the tail is olive-brown. The male is reminiscent of the wood weaver ( Ploceus bicolor ), but is distinguished by its black beak, pale yellow iris , wing-coverts with yellow tips and chestnut-brown flanks. The female has an olive-striped upper side with strong yellow wing tips and a broad greenish-yellow chest band. Young birds are colored like bleached females.
The species is monotypical .
voice
The male's singing is described as a very high-pitched hissing, the contact call as a high-pitched dry "chip" while sitting and flying.
Way of life
The diet consists mainly of fruits such as figs , laurel family ( Beilschmiedia discolor ) and milkweed family ( Alchornea )
The breeding season is in November in Uganda.
Hazardous situation
The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).
literature
- A. Dubois: Two new birds from the Congo (Free State). Ploceus weynsi. In: Ornithological monthly reports , Vol. 8, 1900, p. 69, Biodiversity Library
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ploceus weynsi in the Internet Bird Collection
- Weaver Watch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weynsweber in Avibase - The World Bird Database
- ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- ^ B. Beolens, M. Watkins: Whose Bird ?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate , Christopher Helm, London, 2003
- ↑ HJ Rainey, JM Ikonga, R. Vernon & T. King: Additions to the avifauna of Congo-Brazzaville. In: Bulletins of the African Bird Club, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2009, p. 53-60.
- ↑ d. Fisher & N. Hunter: East African Rarities Committee Report 2010–2013. In: Scopus Vol. 33, 2014, pp. 87-91.
- ↑ 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