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Latest news item:Weaver Wednesday 3 [240] - Range changes [3]: Sociable Weaver2017-01-18 (762)
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Range change summary | ||||
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decreases | n | % | n | % |
Decrease | 101 | 37 | 12 | 36 |
Tiny change | 74 | 28 | 12 | 36 |
Increase | 97 | 35 | 9 | 27 |
Total | 272 | 100 | 33 | 99 |
Areas with very large increases include:
1. the Springbok area,
2. the area north of the Carnarvon to Britstown road,
3. near Barkley West (this is on the southern edge of the Ghaap plateau),
4. and the northernmost part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Large decreases appear to have occurred:
5. along the lower Orange River,
6. in the area from Augrabies Falls National Park to Kakamas,
7. and the area south of Christiana.
8. Absent on the Ghaap plateau:
There is a large gap in range of the Sociable Weaver around the Ghaap plateau, between Danielskuil and Vryburg. The weaver appears to have been absent from here for at least 100 years. There are new records (SABAP2) in the southern part of this gap (point 3), indicating that the Sociable Weaver may be colonising this area northwards.
Range changes elsewhere
Botswana: range extension near Konkwe Pan (Tyler 2008c).
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Weaver Wednesday 3 [240] - Range changes [3]: Sociable Weaver (2017-01-18)
Weaver Wednesday [137] - Discovery [20]: Sociable Weaver (2015-01-28)
PAPER (ecology): Dominance in Sociable Weavers (2015-01-05)
PAPER (ecology): Evaporative cooling in Sociable Weavers (2014-12-15)
Hanging on! (2014-09-28)
It's a sign ! (2014-09-21)
PAPER: Owl nest on weaver nest (2014-08-25)
PAPER: Drongos and Sociable Weavers (2014-08-11)
Sociable Weaver colony in a time series (2014-06-26)
Short-term job for the Sociable Weaver project (2014-05-21)
PAPER: Skinks associate with Sociable Weaver nests (2014-05-19)
Google's roadside Sociable Weavers (2014-05-15)
PAPER: Pygmy Falcon feeding on Sociable Weaver nestlings (2014-05-05)
Volunteer field assistant needed - Sociable weavers project (2014-02-10)
PAPER: Sociable Weaver nest used by Verreaux's Eagle (2013-10-14)
PAPER: Population trends in Sociable Weavers (2013-10-07)
PAPER: Sociable Weaver nest on the move (2013-09-23)
Kgalagadi Sociable Weaver survey (2013-08-16)
Field researchers needed: ringing Sociable Weavers (2013-08-15)
BOOK: Le Vaillant's travels in South Africa (2013-07-08)
BOOK: Early Sociable Weaver nest photos (2013-05-20)
PAPER: More maternal effects in Sociable Weavers (2013-04-22)
PAPER: Thermoregulation in Sociable Weaver nests (2013-01-28)
PAPER: Maternal effects in Sociable Weavers (2012-11-05)
PAPER: Sociable Weavers and paper wasps (2012-10-22)
Weaver Wednesday [16]: Sociable Weaver (2012-10-03)
Pygmy Falcon predation on Sociable Weaver chick (2012-07-06)
Sociable Weaver range expansion (2012-07-03)
PAPER: Oldest Sociable Weaver (2012-05-24)
Sociable Weaver associations (2012-05-08)
Sociable Weaver specimens needed (2012-04-26)
Sociable Weaver survey in Namibia (2012-04-18)
Sociable Weaver survey at Tswalu Kalahari (2012-04-13)
Sociable Weaver demography project (2012-02-01)
Weaver research trip, Tswalu, 14-17 November 2011 (2011-11-21)
PHOWN Photo of the week (2011-09-05)
MSc opportunity on Sociable Weavers (2011-06-20)
Most southerly Sociable Weaver colony (2011-05-03)
PAPER: Sociable Weaver helpers (2011-02-01)
Experienced ringers needed for sociable weaver project near Kimberley (2009-04-24)
Sociable weaver life-history (2009-04-09)