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Weaver Wednesday 3 [262] - Range changes [25]: Chestnut Weaver

2017-06-21 (786)

Weaver Wednesday 3: range changes in S Africa (species text)

Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus

map — Chestnut Weaver, Records in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
V=Virtual Museum record (Birdpix), P=PHOWN record, L=Literature record

Range changes in SA

In South Africa the Chestnut Weaver has two grid cells with records from SABAP2 (2007-), while there were no records during SABAP1 (1987-1991), nor previous to the atlas projects.

There were also additional records, as listed in the Table below.

Range change summary
More	4 lists		30 lists
increases	n	%	n	%
Decrease	0	0	0	0
Tiny change	0	0	0	0
Increase	2	100	1	100
Total	2	100	1	100

Table: records of Chestnut Weavers in the Northern Cape, South Africa

Record	Date	Locality	First observer	Notes	Web links
1	9-12 Jan 2011	Nossob, KTP, N Cape	Madel Whittington	1 male BP	first news item and papers [not listed in ABB 2011 16(2):18-19]
2	14-24 Jan 2011	Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, N Cape	Ben Smit	1 male BP	weaver news
3	12 April 2011	Samevloeiing waterhole, KTP, N Cape	Graeme Ellis	1 male BP	paper
4	23 Feb 2012	just south of Union's End picnic site, KTP	Wenda Redfern	2 males BP	Birdpix, and rarebirdnews
5	22 April 2013	Augrabies Falls NP	Alan Sizer	2 males BP, 1 female	Birdpix
6	17 Mar 2014	Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape	Vincent Parker	1 male BP	weaver news
7	30 Mar 2014	Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape	Brian Vanderwalt	1 male BP	male still present & building
7b	end of Mar 2014	Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape	Peter Giesler	1 male BP	facebook, photo

Notes:
KTP = Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
BP = breeding plumage

Range changes elsewhere

Namibia: sighting far south of its range in Namibia (Swanepoel W 2005 Birds on the move: range extensions and vagrants in western, central and southern Namibia 1994-2005. Lanioturdus 38(2):19-24).