Southern Brown-throated Weaver: (Brown-throated Weaver): Ploceus xanthopterus
Conined to the major tropical wetland systems of south central Africa, this restricted-range species is present in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique, spreading south into KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and touching northeast Zimbabwe. Most records for southern Africa, however, occur from the Okavango Delta and associated rivers of the Okavango, Linyanti, Chobe and Zambezi. The isolated Okavango-Zambezi population is considered to be a separate subspecies P. x. castaneigula. It occupies an area of 9,200 km2 in Namibia, of which more than 25% is within the protected areas of the Bwabwata and Nkasa Rupara national parks.
Birds to watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species
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