Holub's golden weaver
Appearance
Holub's golden weaver | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: | Ploceus |
Species: | P. xanthops
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Binomial name | |
Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862)
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Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also called the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.[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
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ "English name updates - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009)". International Ornithological Congress. December 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31.
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suggested) (help) - ^ 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.