Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu
Robertsʾ birds of southern Africa
THE SOCIABLE WEAVER, PART 1: DESCRIPTION, DISTRIBUTION, DISPERSION AND POPULATIONS
Summary Maclean, G. L. 1973. The Sociable Weaver, Part 1: Description, distribution, dispersion and populations. Ostrich 44: 176–190. The Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius is a cryptically coloured…
View via Publisher
THE SOCIABLE WEAVER, PART 2: NEST ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
TLDR
S Sociable Weavers build nest masses in a number of indigenous tree species and on artificial nest sites like telephone poles and they never build in exotic trees.
View via Publisher
THE SOCIABLE WEAVER, PART 3: BREEDING BIOLOGY AND MOULT
TLDR
The Sociable Weaver is monogamous; up to four successive broods may be raised in a single breeding period; a breeding period may last up to nine months and may occur at any time of the year according to the somewhat erratic rainfall.
View via Publisher
THE SOCIABLE WEAVER, PART 5: FOOD, FEEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR
TLDR
Maintenance activities and other general behaviour patterns of the Sociable Weaver are described; they are typically passerine.
View via Publisher
The Biology of the Larks (Alaudidae) of the Kalahari Sandveld
View via Publisher
Comparison of physiological and behavioural thermoregulation and osmoregulation in two sympatric sandgrouse species (Aves: Pteroclididae)
View via Publisher
Breeding behaviour of larks in the Kalahari Sandveld
  • G. Maclean
  • Environmental Science, Biology
  • 1 February 1970
TLDR
All species of sandveld larks have characteristic alarm- and intruder-reactions at the nest; some of them have distraction displays of the injury-feigning type, others apparently do not.
THE SOCIABLE WEAVER, PART 4: PREDATORS, PARASITES AND SYMBIONTS
TLDR
Adult Sociable Weavers have few ectoparasites and hardly any Mallophaga, and the only endoparsite found was the nematode, Diplotriaena ozouxi, which infected the abdominal air sacs of the adults.
View via Publisher
ALTITUDINAL MIGRATION IN NATAL
Summary Johnson, D.N. & Maclean, G.L. 1994. Altitudinal migration in Natal. Ostrich 65: 86–94. The province of Natal, South Africa, ranges from sea level to an elevation of 3000 m over a distance of…
View via Publisher
...
...
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License