Holub's golden weaver
| Holub's golden weaver | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Ploceus |
| Species: | P. xanthops |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) | |
Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also called the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.[2] It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
The common name commemorates the Czech naturalist Emil Holub.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Ploceus xanthops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "English name updates - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009)". International Ornithological Congress. December 2009.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 169.
External links
- Holub's golden weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
- Holub's golden weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.