Moult records of Southern Masked Weavers

A dataset containing the moult scores and capture dates for Southern Masked Weavers (Ploceus velatus) from the Western Cape, South Africa.

weavers_processed

Format

A data frame with 5282 rows and 6 variables:

RDate

sampling date (calendar date)

Sex

SAFRING sex code

Year

Sampling Year

Moult

feather scores for primaries

pfmg

Proportion of feather mass grown

day

sampling date (days since August 01 of each year)

Source

Erni et al. 2013

References

Oschadleus 2005, Patterns of primary moult in the weavers, Ploceidae. University of Cape Town.