Ploceus jacksoni

Shelley, 1888 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Ploceidae/Ploceus

At a glance

Occurrence records9 739

Data sources9

Biological traits25

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 739 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF9 739 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The golden-backed weaver (Ploceus jacksoni), also known as Jackson's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. From The Ibis, 1888

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth6.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)15.8 mm

Beak length (nares)10.1 mm

Beak width5.4 mm

Body mass26.15 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 26.15 g · AVONET: 23.39 g · EltonTraits: 23.39 g

Body mass (female)20.6 g

Body mass (male)26.7 g

Hand-wing index18.5

Kipp's distance13.2 mm

Secondary length57.9 mm

Tail length47 mm

Tarsus length20.3 mm

Wing length71 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass2.36 g

Litter size2.45

Diet & foraging6

Invertebrate20 %

Midhigh50 %

Seed80 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheGranivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWetland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size524 546 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 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 jacksoni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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 type9 739 records

Wild obs. + sensor9 656

Museum / vouchered57

Other26

Origin

Native14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO5 340 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 152≤1 km 146≤10 km 28>10 km 17

343 georeferenced · 9 313 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9 656

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 3≤10 km 14>10 km 2

20 georeferenced · 37 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence57

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 institutions10 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	10
Philadelphia, US	9
New Haven, US	6
Cambridge, US	6
MRAClocation not on record	6
Copenhagen, DK	6
Toronto, CA	3
Ann Arbor, US	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Brussels, BE	2
Berkeley, US	2
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record	1
Geneva, CH	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 57 of 57 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ploceus jacksoni 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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.

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Ploceus jacksoni

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type9 739 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 14 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type9 739 records