Ploceus capensis

(Linnaeus, 1766) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ploceidae/Ploceus

At a glance

Occurrence records235 712

Data sources10

Biological traits27

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources10 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility235 712 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~1.13 Gbp↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF235 712 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT1.1 Gbp

01Narrative

The Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae, found in southern Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth7.7 mm

Beak length (culmen)22.5 mm

Beak length (nares)15.2 mm

Beak width6.5 mm

Body mass44.15 g

Body mass (female)40.4 g

Body mass (male)47.9 g

Hand-wing index25.4

Kipp's distance22.5 mm

Secondary length66.2 mm

Tail length55.8 mm

Tarsus length25 mm

Wing length89.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass3.69 g

Litter size2.7

Diet & foraging8

Fruit10 %

Ground100 %

Invertebrate50 %

Nectar20 %

Plant other10 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleGeneralist

Range size666 170 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 capensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Ploceus capensis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size1 134 480 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Ploceus capensis1.13 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type235 712 records

Wild obs. + sensor235 576

Museum / vouchered136

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO50 356 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 5 137≤1 km 1 336≤10 km 318>10 km 214

7 005 georeferenced · 228 571 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor235 576

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 accuracy10% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 3≤10 km 19>10 km 28

52 georeferenced · 84 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence136

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 institutions13 of 19 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CPMMlocation not on record	30
Seattle, US	17
Brussels, BE	13
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	13
Philadelphia, US	11
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	11
Chicago, US	8
New Haven, US	5
Cambridge, US	5
NHMOlocation not on record	5
Geneva, CH	3
Ann Arbor, US	3
Berkeley, US	3
Paris, FR	2
CASlocation not on record	2
München, DE	2
Vancouver, CA	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
Zografou, GR	1

19 institutions · 136 of 136 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ploceus capensis 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

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Afromontane forest

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.2 °C 15.2–15.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.10 °C

Max temp (day)21.1 °C

Min temp (night)9.90 °C

Precipitation94.6 mm/mo

Air humidity62.2 %

Moisture balance-18.0 mm/mo

Vapour deficit654 Pa

Wind speed2.70 m/s

Cloud cover24.2 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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Ploceus capensis

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging8

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Record type235 712 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 19 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type235 712 records