Village Weaver

• reproducciónThe males weave extremely elaborate nests out of grass and plant fibre, and often have to take them apart and rebuild them several times before a female approves.
• The male ties real knots with strips of grass, holding them with his feet and threading them with his bill, and can build a complete nest in a single day.
• If the female inspects the nest and is not convinced, the male dismantles it and starts again: a single male can build and destroy more than twenty nests in a season.
• The nests hang from the tips of thin branches over water whenever possible, a defence against snakes and monkeys that cannot reach them without falling.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Wooded savannah, gallery forest, farmland and villages of sub-Saharan Africa

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

12 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_weaver