Ploceus angolensis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ploceidae/Ploceus

At a glance

Occurrence records131

Data sources8

Biological traits22

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility131 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF131 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The bar-winged weaver (Ploceus angolensis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth5.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)17.6 mm

Beak length (nares)11.1 mm

Beak width4.5 mm

Body mass26.64 g

Hand-wing index27.6

Kipp's distance22.1 mm

Secondary length57.9 mm

Tail length44 mm

Tarsus length17.1 mm

Wing length80 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass2.52 g

Litter size2

Diet & foraging5

Canopy70 %

Invertebrate100 %

Midhigh30 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size260 943 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ploceus angolensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type131 records

Wild obs. + sensor130

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO232 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 accuracy67% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 127 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor130

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

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 institutions1 of 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ploceus angolensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.