Scaly-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons)

Other Names (World)
Scaly-fronted Weaver, Scaly Weaver, Scaly-feathered Finch, Scaly-feathered Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

South-western Angola, Namibia (except for coastal desert), extreme southern Zambia, Botswana, western and central Zimbabwe, and north-central and southern South Africa (including isolated populations in south-eastern Karoo).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft 'chizz, chizz, chizz' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes) [XC298124]
by Tony Archer from Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa (call)

Scaly-feathered Weaver (Sporopipes) [XC588110]
by Tony Archer from City of Matlosana, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis).

Proposed subspecies fuligescens (described from R Modder north of Bloemfontein, in Free State, South Africa) regarded as inseparable from individuals elsewhere in species' range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

fuligescens Clancey, 1957 - Botswana, Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa.
squamifrons (Smith, A, 1836) - South-western Angola, Namibia, extreme southern Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northern and central South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons) - 10 files

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