Ploceus alienus

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ploceidae/Ploceus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 498

Data sources6

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Ploceus alienus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 498 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 sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 498 records

01Narrative

The strange weaver (Ploceus alienus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in the Albertine Rift montane forests.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth6.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)18.3 mm

Beak length (nares)11.6 mm

Beak width5.8 mm

Body mass22.07 g

Body mass (female)21.1 g

Body mass (male)22.8 g

Hand-wing index13.3

Kipp's distance9 mm

Secondary length58.5 mm

Tail length54.6 mm

Tarsus length19.1 mm

Wing length68.2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass2.59 g

Litter size2

Diet & foraging6

Fruit20 %

Ground100 %

Invertebrate60 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size61 882 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 498 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 262

Museum / vouchered236

Origin

Native49

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 000 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 accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 8≤10 km 6>10 km 1

61 georeferenced · 2 201 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 262

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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 20≤10 km 1>10 km 7

30 georeferenced · 206 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence236

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 institutions5 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
MRAClocation not on record	132
Los Angeles, US	49
Chicago, US	23
Brussels, BE	15
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	14
Copenhagen, DK	2
Cambridge, US	1

7 institutions · 236 of 236 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type2 498 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 7 geolocated

Record type2 498 records