Bird distribution dynamics 5 - White-browed Sparrow-Weaver <i>Plocepasser mahali</i> in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

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  • H Dieter Oschadleus
  • Marí­a López Gómez
  • Michael Brooks

Abstract

In South Africa, the White-browed Sparrow-Weaver has more grid cells with increases in reporting rate than cells showing decreases, between SABAP1 (1987 - 1991) and SABAP2 (2007 - ). The highly urbanised Gauteng region has low reporting rates for the species. This results in a hole in the core of the distribution, which stretches from Limpopo to the Free State. The White-browed Sparrow-Weaver has increased in numbers and range in the Eastern Cape, spreading southwards through the Cradock district since 1950. This species appears to be expanding westwards in KwaZulu-Natal and the Kruger National Park, although reporting rates are currently low. The eastern Free State and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park show large increases between SABAP1 and SABAP2.

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2017-01-09

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Oschadleus, H. D., López Gómez, M., & Brooks, M. (2017). Bird distribution dynamics 5 - White-browed Sparrow-Weaver <i>Plocepasser mahali</i> in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Biodiversity Observations, 8, 1: 1 – 6. Retrieved from https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/399

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