Sakalava weaver
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. sakalava
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Binomial name | |
Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861
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The Sakalava weaver (Ploceus sakalava) sometimes known as the Sakalava fody is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The bird is 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 20–28 g (0.71–0.99 oz).[2]
Taxonomy
The Sakalava weaver was first described by
Based on recent
Basic to the second group is a clade consisting of both species sofar included in Ploceus that live on Madagascar,
subfamily Ploceinae |
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Distribution
It is found in small flocks. Its natural habitat is the dry lowland forests and scrubland of the north, west and south of Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Description
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The adult male has a yellow head and upper breast during the breeding season, with a pale grey belly and light and brown wings with white wing-tips. The male has distinctive red eye-rings and silver bill extending with a 'V' shape into the forehead. The non-breeding male has a dark brown head and pale grey breast, flanked with white.
The female has the appearance more of a house sparrow with pale almost white breast and duller slightly pink bill. The female also has a red eye-ring and sometimes small flashes of red around the eye.
Ecology and behaviour
Like in other true weaver birds, the roofed nest is woven from strips of grass leaf, but the Sakalava weaver also uses strips of palm frond or thatching and weaving materials collected in villages. The top is woven directly around a branch or attached from a short woven stalk. It is shaped like a retort, with a pear-shaped nesting chamber and a long entrance tunnel hanging from the top. The fabric is thin but dense, although less so with the tunnel, which may be slightly transparent and which may also be somewhat wider at both ends.[7]
Gallery
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Sakalava weaver near Toliara
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Sakalava weaver at Soalara
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Male sakalava weaver
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Nests
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Eggs of Ploceus sakalavaMHNT
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Sakalava weaver". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b "Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava". Weaver Watch. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches & weavers". World Bird List Version 7.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Sakalava weaver". Avibase. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- PMID 28012957.
- ISBN 9780713665321. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
External links
- Sakalava weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- Image at ADW