Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)

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.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) [XC339365]
by Peter Boesman from Area north of Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia (song)

Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) [XC811726]
by id from Bowling Green, Muthaiga Country Club, Muthaiga, Nairobi County, Kenya (begging 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.

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