The Golden-naped Weaver is one of the least known weavers. This species has been recorded in Ituri Forest, DRC, and Semliki NP, Uganda. A list of all published sightings is listed below (previously compiled at here).
Locality
Status
Date
Person
Reference
Mawambi, DRC
type specimens NMW 4583 - 85
1910
Rudolf Grauer
Sassi 1920, Wilson et al. 2007
Campi ya Wambutti, Ituri forest, DRC
specimen NRM 601271; also seen
11 June 1921
Gyldenstolpe
Gyldenstolpe 1924, Wilson et al. 2007
8km N of new post of Beni, DRC
2 specimens; party of 20-25 seen
c5 October 1926
Chapin
Chapin 1954
Forest nr Udembo, 48km from Irumu on Rd to Beni, DRC
specimens AMNH 26478 - 80
30 September 1926
Chapin
Chapin 1954, Wilson et al. 2007
Epulu, DRC
seen: flock of 60
1986
MC Catsis
Butchart 2007
Ituri Forest, DRC
seen: flock of 22, other sightings
1986
J & T Hart, D Lawson
Anon. 1986
Epulu, DRC
seen: pair with young
1994
M Languy
Butchart 2007
Okapi Faunal Reserve, DRC
seen
Stephenson & Newby 1997
Semliki NP, Kirumia trail, 1st oxbow lake, Uganda
seen: 2, range extended 80km
1 August 2006
Wilson Malcolm
Wilson et al. 2007
Semliki NP, Kirumia trail, 1st oxbow lake, Uganda
seen
16 June 2009
Herbert Byaruhanga
Africanbirding
Golden-naped Weaver (centre), figure by Gyldenstolpe (1924)
References Anon., 1986. Weaver alive and well. World Birdwatch 8(3): 5
Butchart S, 2007. Birds to find: a review of 'lost', obscure and poorly known African bird species. Bull. African Bird Club 14:139-157
Chapin JP, 1954. The birds of the Belgian Congo. Part IV. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 75B:1-846
Gyldenstolpe N, 1924. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Vertebrata I. Birds. Kungl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl. Ser. 3,1(3):1-326
Sassi M, 1920. Zwei neue Weber aus Mittelafrika. Ornith. Monatsber. 28:81
Stephenson PJ & Newby JE, 1997. Conservation of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Zaire. Oryx 31: 49-58
Wilson M et al, 2007. First record of Golden-naped Weaver in Uganda. Bull. African Bird Club 14:200-202
