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Latest news item:Weaver Wednesday 3 [244] - Range changes [7]: Lesser Masked Weaver2017-02-15 (767)
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Range change summary | ||||
More | 4 lists | 30 lists | ||
increases | n | % | n | % |
Decrease | 90 | 28 | 54 | 29 |
Tiny change | 56 | 17 | 37 | 20 |
Increase | 183 | 55 | 96 | 51 |
Total | 329 | 100 | 187 | 100 |
The points below match the points on the map above.
Areas with very large increases include:
1. Greater Durban area, and inland, in KwaZulu-Natal.
2. Northwest of Gauteng.
3. Western edge of its range in Northwest Province; the souther grid is Barberspan where it has been regularly ringed over the last few years.
Large decreases appear to have occurred:
4. central Zululand, this decrease may be due to the drought in the region over the last few years.
5. Kruger National Park.
Range changes elsewhere
DR Congo: at Kinshasa, out of range (Punga 2015a).
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Weaver Wednesday 3 [244] - Range changes [7]: Lesser Masked Weaver (2017-02-15)
Weaver Wednesday [163] - Discovery [46]: Lesser Masked Weaver (2015-07-29)
Lesser Masked Weaver ranging southwards (2013-11-29)
Longevity of the Lesser Masked Weaver (2013-06-07)
PAPER: Chewing lice of 3 weavers (2012-11-19)
Weaver Wednesday [20]: Lesser Masked Weaver (2012-10-31)
Lesser Masked Weaver range in KwaZulu-Natal (2012-01-18)
Lesser Masked Weavers in Durban (2009-11-30)