Weaver Wednesday 3: range changes in S Africa
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Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Yellow Bishop, 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).
Yellow Bishop, figure from Birdpix
Range changes in SA
Range change summary
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4 lists
30 lists
decreases
n
%
n
%
Decrease
209
42
129
40
Tiny change
135
27
106
34
Increase
159
32
85
27
Total
503
100
320
100
In South Africa the Yellow Bishop has more grid cells with decreases in reporting rate than cells showing increases, 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 - slight range expansion northwards.
2. Interior of the Eastern Cape - range expansion westwards.
Areas with very large decreases include:
3. Southern Mpumalanga and northern KwaZulu-Natal - occurs at low reporting rate and decreasing.
Areas with very small changes include:
4. The Yellow Bishop occurs at a relatively high density in much of the Western Cape and this population appears to be stable, i.e. shows mostly small increases (light green) or small decreases (yellow).
Range changes elsewhere
Mozambique - new records from far north coast (SAFRING database).
