Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Passeridae > Philetairus > Philetairus sociusPhiletairus socius (Sociable Weaver)The sociable weaver (Philetairus socius), also commonly known as the common social weaver, common social-weaver, and social weaver, is a species of bird in the Passeridae family endemic to Southern Africa. It is monotypic within the genus Philetairus. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. but their range is centered within the Northern Cape Province of South Africa . They build large compound community nests, a rarity among birds. These nests are perhaps the most spectacular structure built by any bird. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.33601 EDGE Score: 2.12058 |
Adult Weight [1] | 27 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 2.6 grams | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Fruit [3] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 40 % | Diet - Plants [3] | 10 % | Diet - Seeds [3] | 40 % | | Clutch Size [5] | 4 | Fledging [1] | 23 days | Incubation [4] | 13 days | Mating Display [2] | Ground display |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Augrabies Falls National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Brandberg mountain |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Haramoep and Black Mountain Mine Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Kamfers Dam |
South Africa |
A4i |
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Kgalakgadi Transfrontier Park |
Botswana |
A3 |
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Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namib-Naukluft Park |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Sandveld and Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserves |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
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South-east Botswana |
Botswana |
A1, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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