Dome nests (https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/regions/murray/articles,-plans-and-publications/nrm-news-november-2020/birds-and-their-nests) are those combining the following characteristics:
The concealment and enclosure of eggs and the incubating adult confer obvious adaptive advantages relative to predation.
Australia and southern Africa have similar climates and substrates, but differ greatly in their regimes of predation. The former landmass is relatively poor in predators, whereas the latter landmass is rich in predators.
An intercontinental comparison can be based on those regions with similar mediterranean-type and adjacent climates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate and https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-65520-3_8#:~:text=The%20mediterranean%2Dtype%20climate%20of,the%20western%20half%20of%20Victoria. and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01811789.1984.10826662).
In this Post, I exclude migratory birds that breed in the Northern Hemisphere, wintering in the Southern Hemisphere.
The following spp. of birds build dome nests in the relevant regions.
AUSTRALIA
Estrildidae:
Stagonopleura all three spp. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagonopleura)
Acanthizidae:
Acanthiza apicalis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72439-Acanthiza-apicalis
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13469-Acanthiza-chrysorrhoa
Acanthiza inornata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13466-Acanthiza-inornata
Acanthiza iredalei https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13472-Acanthiza-iredalei
Acanthiza lineata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13467-Acanthiza-lineata
Acanthiza nana https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13470-Acanthiza-nana
Acanthiza pusilla https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13468-Acanthiza-pusilla
Acanthiza reguloides https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13471-Acanthiza-reguloides
Acanthiza robustirostris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13475-Acanthiza-robustirostris
Acanthiza uropygialis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13464-Acanthiza-uropygialis
Aphelocephala leucopsis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13522-Aphelocephala-leucopsis
Calamanthus campestris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979632-Calamanthus-campestris
Calamanthus fuliginosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13527-Calamanthus-fuliginosus
Calamanthus montanellus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/548191-Calamanthus-montanellus
Gerygone fusca https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13491-Gerygone-fusca
Gerygone olivacea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13490-Gerygone-olivacea
Hylacola cauta https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72928-Hylacola-cauta
Hylacola pyrrhopygia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72929-Hylacola-pyrrhopygia
Pyrrholaemus brunneus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13477-Pyrrholaemus-brunneus
Sericornis maculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1444429-Sericornis-maculatus
Smicrornis brevirostris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13540-Smicrornis-brevirostris
Maluridae:
Amytornis textilis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/509110-Amytornis-textilis
Malurus assimilis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/827392-Malurus-assimilis
Malurus cyaneus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12065-Malurus-cyaneus
Malurus elegans https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12063-Malurus-elegans
Malurus leucopterus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12093-Malurus-leucopterus
Malurus pulcherrimus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12072-Malurus-pulcherrimus
Malurus splendens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12083-Malurus-splendens
Stipiturus malachurus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12133-Stipiturus-malachurus
Stipiturus mallee https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12072-Malurus-pulcherrimus
Cisticolidae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisticolidae):
Cisticola exilis (South Australia only) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7657-Cisticola-exilis
Acrocephalidae:
Acrocephalus australis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116794-Acrocephalus-australis
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Ploceidae:
Euplectes capensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13964-Euplectes-capensis
Euplectes orix https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13962-Euplectes-orix
Ploceus capensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13801-Ploceus-capensis
Ploceus velatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13804-Ploceus-velatus
Quelea quelea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14005-Quelea-quelea
Estrildidae:
Amadina erythrocephala https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14095-Amadina-erythrocephala
Coccopygia melanotis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979663-Coccopygia-melanotis
Estrilda astrild https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13770-Estrilda-astrild
Ortygospiza atricollis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204557-Ortygospiza-atricollis
Spermestes cucullata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367700-Spermestes-cucullata
Nectariniidae:
Anthobaphes violacea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145130-Anthobaphes-violacea
Chalcomitra amethystina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145142-Chalcomitra-amethystina
Cinnyris afer https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145163-Cinnyris-afer
Cinnyris chalybeus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145157-Cinnyris-chalybeus
Cinnyris fuscus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145189-Cinnyris-fuscus
Nectarinia famosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13300-Nectarinia-famosa
Cisticolidae:
Apalis thoracica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7742-Apalis-thoracica
Cisticola fulvicapilla https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72731-Cisticola-fulvicapilla
Cisticola juncidis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7697-Cisticola-juncidis
Cisticola subruficapilla https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72733-Cisticola-subruficapilla
Cisticola textrix https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7700-Cisticola-textrix
Cisticola tinniens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7660-Cisticola-tinniens
Eremomela icteropygialis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204508-Eremomela-icteropygialis
Eremomela gregalis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15460-Eremomela-gregalis
Euryptila subcinnamomea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7782-Euryptila-subcinnamomea
Malcorus pectoralis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7703-Malcorus-pectoralis
Phragmacia substriata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73280-Phragmacia-substriata
Prinia maculosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7730-Prinia-maculosa
Acrocephalidae:
Acrocephalus gracilirostris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116798-Acrocephalus-gracilirostris
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (check residency) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204455-Acrocephalus-scirpaceus
Macrosphenidae:
Sylvietta rufescens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15254-Sylvietta-rufescens
Paridae:
Melaniparus afer (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144845-Melaniparus-afer)
Remizidae:
Anthoscopus minutus (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13671-Anthoscopus-minutus)
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