Burung kicau (Songbirds)
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
- tidak umum
- 36 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Builds the largest nests of any sparrow-weaver, with separate entrance and exit tunnels. First bird with a floor plan.
- Populasi
- Not quantified (number of mature individuals unknown); described as common to abundant across a very large range (~9.61 million km² extent of occurrence), with a stable population trend
- Habitat
- Dry savanna, thornveld, and wooded/scrubby grassland, often along riverbanks and permanent rivers/streams; also uses rural gardens; does not occur in forest; ranges from sea level to ~1,900 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- White-browed Sparrow-Weavers live in cooperative family groups of 2-11 birds (one breeding pair plus non-reproductive helpers) that build 10-60 inverted-U-shaped grass nests per colony, with dedicated single-entrance breeding nests and double-entrance roosting nests placed on the leeward side of trees for structural/weather protection; other species like red-headed finches and ashy tits sometimes reuse the nests.
- Sebaran
- Central, eastern, and southern Africa across roughly 16 countries including Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; non-migratory (resident) throughout
- Makanan
- Omnivorous - primarily insects (beetles, termites, grasshoppers) supplemented with seeds and berries
- Ukuran
- 0,18 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,5 tahun
