Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Ploceidae > Ploceus > Ploceus olivaceicepsPloceus olivaceiceps (Olive-headed Weaver)The olive-headed weaver (Ploceus olivaceiceps) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.91376 EDGE Score: 2.05765 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 21 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 20 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 10 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 40 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
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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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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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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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Dzalanyama Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Furancungo woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Kasungu National Park |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lukususi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Mount Namuli |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Njesi plateau |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Panda Brachystegia woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Umalila Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, 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 ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3Jetz 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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