Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Ploceidae > Ploceus > Ploceus bertrandiPloceus bertrandi (Bertram's Weaver)Bertram's weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, the son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater, who was a police commissioner in Malawi when Alexander Whyte discovered this species. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.87933 EDGE Score: 1.35566 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 39 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 2.3 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 70 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [2] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Furancungo woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Livingstone Mountains forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mikumi National Park |
Tanzania |
A3 |
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Misuku Hills Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Rungwe |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nguru Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nguu Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Njombe forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rubeho Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Soche Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Thyolo Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ukaguru Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Uluguru Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Umalila Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Uvidunda Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Uzumara Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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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 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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