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 LC    Holub's Golden Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Ploceus xanthops

Description (10)
Image of Holub's Golden Weaver
 

Other Names (World)
Holub's Golden Weaver, Holub's Golden-Weaver, Large Golden Weaver, Larger Golden Weaver, Monteiro's Golden Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, grassland and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, dry savanna. From 1,200 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

South-western PRCongo south to western Angola, and southern Uganda, south-western Kenya, eastern and southern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi and western Tanzania south to north-eastern Namibia (Caprivi region), northern Botswana (Okavango Basin), central Zimbabwe, west-central Mozambique, northern and eastern South Africa (locally Limpopo south to KwaZulu-Natal) and western Swaziland.
 
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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

 
Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) [XC439354]
     by Peter Boesman from Tanglewood Nature Reserve, Durban Metro (near Pinetown), Durban Metro, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call, aggression displayed towards reflection in mirror, then towards the)

 
Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) [XC509091]
     by Dries Van de Loock from Mbulo forest, North-western province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly thought to form a superspecies with African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus), but the two differ in breeding behaviour and ecology, and ranges overlap.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Holubs Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) - 10 files


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