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White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, new range near Graaff-Reinet

2015-07-06 (654)

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White-browed Sparrow-Weaver records in the E Cape
New records of the White-browed Sparrow-Weaver are being reported between Graaff-Reinet and Nieu-Bethesda in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This is to the west of its range in the Eastern Cape, although there is one older record west of Aberdeen.

Key:
big pink boxes - SABAP1 records, 1986-1991.
smaller blue boxes - SABAP2 records, 2007-.
red pins - PHOWN records.
white pin - BIRP record.

Read more about the White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, including a map. Read the stories of one of the above new records on Facebook here.

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