Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae)

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
Typical weaver chuckles and squizzles.

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Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae) [XC584692]
by Hans Matheve from Chikuni, Bangweulu, Zambia (call, flight call)

Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae) [XC584689]
by Dries Van de Loock from Chikuni, Bangweulu, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus), Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) and Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include vitellinus and katangae as subspecies of Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus).

Has been thought to form a superspecies, or even to be conspecific, with Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus), Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus), Tanzanian Masked Weaver (Ploceus reichardi) and Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti). Formerly, often treated as a subspecies of Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus). Molecular data suggest that it is close only Tanzanian Masked Weaver (Ploceus reichardi). Subspecies upembae sometimes considered to represent a separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

upembae (Verheyen, 1953) - South-eastern DRCongo (R Lualaba). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Upemba Masked Weaver (Ploceus upembae).
katangae (Verheyen, 1947) - South-eastern DRCongo (R Luapula) and northern and western sectors of north-eastern Zambia.

References
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Files:

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