Holub's golden weaver

Species of bird

Holub's golden weaver
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.[2] It is found from Gabon to Uganda and Kenya, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern South Africa.[1]

The common name commemorates the Czech naturalist Emil Holub.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus xanthops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718818A132121030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718818A132121030.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "English name updates - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009)". International Ornithological Congress. December 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31.
  3. ^ 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.
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Family: Ploceidae
Genus
Species
BubalornisDinemelliaSporopipes
PlocepasserHisturgops
PseudonigritaPhiletairus
Ploceus
Pachyphantes
Malimbus
Anaplectes
Brachycope
Quelea
Foudia
Euplectes
Amblyospiza
Taxon identifiers
Ploceus xanthops


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