Ploceus heuglini

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ploceidae/Ploceus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 260

Data sources7

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 260 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 260 records

01Narrative

Heuglin's masked weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast and east to Uganda and western Kenya.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth7.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)17.4 mm

Beak length (nares)11.9 mm

Beak width6.6 mm

Body mass22.8 g

Body mass (female)35 g

Body mass (male)23.9 g

Hand-wing index23

Kipp's distance16.5 mm

Secondary length55.5 mm

Tail length41 mm

Tarsus length18.3 mm

Wing length73.2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass2.35 g

Litter size2.3

Diet & foraging6

Fruit10 %

Ground100 %

Invertebrate70 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size2 515 613 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 260 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 219

Museum / vouchered28

Other13

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 312 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 14≤10 km 6

51 georeferenced · 1 168 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 219

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

≤1 km 8>10 km 3

11 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence28

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 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brussels, BE	5
Stockholm, SE	4
Los Angeles, US	4
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	4
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	2
Geneva, CH	1
Toronto, CA	1
Ann Arbor, US	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

9 institutions · 23 of 28 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type1 260 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Record type1 260 records