Biology:Holub's golden weaver

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Short description: Species of bird

Holub's golden weaver
Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops) (22561083782).jpg
Scientific classification edit
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. 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. 
  2. "English name updates - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009)". International Ornithological Congress. December 2009. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-en09.html. 
  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


Wikidata ☰ Q906551 entry