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 VU    Kilombero Weaver* Id (Atlas):
    Ploceus burnieri Endemic

Description (10)
Image of Kilombero Weaver
 

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Baker & Baker, 1990

Habitat
Extensive riverside swamps fringed with tall reedbeds, generally in areas away from trees.

Range (Guide)
Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB).

South-central Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation due to conversion of swamps in the Kilombero river floodplain for cultivation and pasture, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Flowering and fruiting grass-heads, dried fish, domestic refuse.

Voice
Weaver-like squizzling and buzzing sounds.

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

 
Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri) [XC515870]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call)

 
Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri) [XC515929]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Northern Masked Weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) is less bright golden-yellow, more chestnut around black mask.


References
See References.


Files:
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