Thick-billed weaver
| Thick-billed weaver | |
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| Male in Pretoria, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Amblyospiza Sundevall, 1850 |
| Species: | A. albifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831) | |
The thick-billed weaver or grosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblyospiza.[2]
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
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Nest built in exotic bamboo species
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Female feeding on nettle nutlets
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Immature bird with yellow bill
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Amblyospiza albifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Amblyospiza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
External links
- Thick-billed weaver - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Thick-billed weaver on Weaver Watch
Media related to Amblyospiza albifrons at Wikimedia Commons
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