Biology:Holub's golden weaver
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Short description: Species of bird
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 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2018). "Ploceus xanthops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22718818A132121030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718818A132121030.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22718818/132121030. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "English name updates - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009)". International Ornithological Congress. December 2009. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-en09.html.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q906551 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holub's golden weaver.
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