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 LC    Northern Brown-throated Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Ploceus castanops

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Brown-throated Weaver, Uganda Weaver, Victoria Masked Weaver, Entebbe Weaver (presumed hybrid), Lake Victoria Weaver (presumed hybrid)

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1888

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)
Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

North-eastern DRCongo, Rwanda, northern Burundi, Uganda (except east), western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) [XC810661]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Homa Bay Town (near Homa Bay), Asego, Homa Bay County, Kenya (call)

 
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) [XC64983]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Mbamba Bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been thought to form a superspecies with Southern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus xanthopterus), but such a relationship now considered unlikely. May hybridize with Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) or Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni) in Uganda. Both sight records and specimens of probable hybrids exist, and hybrid was previously described as a separate species, Victoria Masked-Weaver (Ploceus victoriae).


References
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Files:
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