Plocepasser donaldsoni

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Passeridae/Plocepasser

At a glance

Occurrence records2 416

Data sources6

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Plocepasser donaldsoni's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 416 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 416 records

01Narrative

The Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from southern Ethiopia to central Kenya and southern Somalia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth8.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.4 mm

Beak length (nares)13.7 mm

Beak width6.4 mm

Body mass39.9 g

Body mass (female)41.5 g

Body mass (male)42 g

Hand-wing index13.1

Kipp's distance11.8 mm

Secondary length78.6 mm

Tail length54.4 mm

Tarsus length22.5 mm

Wing length90.9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Egg mass2.81 g

Diet & foraging6

Ground40 %

Invertebrate50 %

Seed50 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory60 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size190 025 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 416 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 350

Museum / vouchered33

Other33

Origin

Native9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO912 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy71% within 1 km

≤100 m 66≤1 km 19≤10 km 23>10 km 11

119 georeferenced · 2 231 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 350

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 15>10 km 3

18 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence33

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	17
Los Angeles, US	7
Philadelphia, US	3
Paris, FR	3
Ann Arbor, US	1
Washington, US	1
Berkeley, US	1

7 institutions · 33 of 33 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type2 416 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 7 geolocated

Record type2 416 records