Weaver Wednesday 3: range changes in S Africa
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Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Holub's Golden Weaver, Range-change map between SABAP1 (1987-1991) and SABAP2 (2007-current).
Red, orange and yellow = cells with very large, large, and small relative decreases
Blue, dark green and light green = cells with very large, large and small relative increases.
Cells = quarter-degree grid cells; Only cells with at least 4 checklists in both SABAP1&2 shown. All cells had this species recorded in SABAP1 or in SABAP2 or in both (more about interpretation at Biodiversity Observations 7.62: 1-13).
Holub's Golden Weaver, figure from Birdpix
Range changes in SA
Range change summary
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4 lists
30 lists
increases
n
%
n
%
Decrease
49
34
34
33
Tiny change
17
12
14
14
Increase
76
53
55
54
Total
142
100
103
100
In South Africa the Holub's Golden Weaver has many more grid cells with increases in reporting rate than cells showing decreases, between SABAP1 (1987-1991) and SABAP2 (2007-).
The points below match the points on the map above.
Areas with very large increases include:
1. Limpopo province.
2. Mpumalanga, centered on Nelspruit (also the core of its range in South Africa).
3. KwaZulu-Natal midlands.
Areas with very large decreases:
On the edges of its range in South Africa, particularly around the areas of high increases in Limpopo (no. 1) and the western edge of the KwaZulu-Natal midlands (no. 3).
