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Weaver Wednesday 4 [274] - Weaver themes [11]: Village Weaver northern race in SA

2017-09-13 (799)


Weaver Wednesday 4: Weaver themes (Series)

Village Weaver northern race in SA

On 1 Sept 2017 Andrew Pickles photographed a male Village Weaver with a black crown in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The subspecies in southern Africa, P. c. spilonotus, has a yellow crown, and the the black-crowned subspecies, P. c. nigriceps, has its southern limit on the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Andrew's record is the furthest south record to date.

Some previous records:

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Village Weaver (photo (c) A. Pickles)
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Village Weaver (photo (c) A. Pickles)