Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
- tidak umum
- 38 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Males weave intricate grass nests, then females inspect and reject them. Males tear it down and try again. Committed.
- Populasi
- Not globally quantified; described as generally abundant across its range with a stable population trend
- Habitat
- Open and semi-open habitats — savanna, farmland, plantations, rural gardens, open woodland, and areas of human habitation; nests colonially in large trees (especially palms) and reedbeds near permanent water; avoids dense forest interior and arid regions
- Fakta menarik
- Male Village Weavers build elaborate hanging nests from roughly 300 strips of leaf, working the whole time with their feet locked in the same position, and colonies can contain over a hundred such nests in a single tree.
- Sebaran
- Widespread resident across sub-Saharan Africa (absent from the arid southwest and parts of the northeast), occupying an extensive native range of roughly 23.9 million km²; introduced populations established in Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Martinique, Mauritius, Réunion, Portugal, and (recently recorded) northwest Venezuela
- Makanan
- Primarily seeds and grain (including rice where available), supplemented with insects (especially when feeding chicks), fruit (including ripe cactus fruit in the Caribbean), and fresh vegetation
- Ukuran
- 0,165 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,225 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
