African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)

Other Names (World)
African Golden Weaver, African Golden-Weaver, Yellow Weaver, African Yellow Weaver, Golden Weaver, Eastern Golden Weaver

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1839

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical seasonally wet / flooded and dry grassland, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus) [XC840488]
by id from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call, song)

Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus) [XC518638]
by Ehren Eksteen from Bonamanzi Game Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly thought to form a superspecies with Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), but the two differ in breeding behaviour and ecology, and ranges overlap.

Proposed subspecies tongensis (described from southern Mozambique) synonymized with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

aureoflavus Smith, A, 1839 - South-eastern Kenya (southern from R Tana), coastal Tanzania (including Pemba I and Zanzibar), eastern Malawi and northern Mozambique.
subaureus Smith, 1839 - Central and southern Mozambique southern along coast to extreme eastern Swaziland and south-eastern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus) - 10 files

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