Weavers (Ploceidae)
Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) - HBW 15, p. 162
French: Tisserin du Cap
German: Kapweber
Spanish: Tejedor de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Oriolus capensis Linnaeus, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with P. temporalis, or even to be conspecific, but affinities of both species unclear. Report of hybridization in captivity between "Olivaceous and Golden Weavers" probably refers to present species and either P. xanthops or (more likely) P. subaureus. Proposed races are olivaceus (described from Windvogelberg, in S Eastern Cape) and rubricomus (from NE South Africa), but male plumage exhibits considerable variation within any one colony, distribution is continuous, and size variation appears to be clinal; naming of g.. View all taxonomy...
Has been thought to form a superspecies with P. temporalis, or even to be conspecific, but affinities of both species unclear. Report of hybridization in captivity between "Olivaceous and Golden Weavers" probably refers to present species and either P. xanthops or (more likely) P. subaureus. Proposed races are olivaceus (described from Windvogelberg, in S Eastern Cape) and rubricomus (from NE South Africa), but male plumage exhibits considerable variation within any one colony, distribution is continuous, and size variation appears to be clinal; naming of geographical races, therefore, considered unwarranted. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: South Africa (except arid interior and subtropical E lowlands), including Robben I (off SW coast), also W Swaziland and Lesotho lowlands.
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A male nest building Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 25 September 2002 38 weeks ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and then displaying Locality Langebaan, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 25 September 2002 37 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
Males displaying at a colony Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 24 September 2002 38 weeks ago 22 sec 4 -
Two separate males nest building Locality Langebaan, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 25 September 2002 37 weeks ago 22 sec 3.6 -
A female perched and quietly calling Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 24 September 2002 38 weeks ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A male singing on a branch, a male of African Masked-Weaver arriving, and then both flyinging away Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp olivaceus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 4 October 2002 9 years ago 16 sec 3.3
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Single bird perched on rush
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 20 December 2012 18 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult male, perched on a bush.
Locality Drakensberg Mountains, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 14 November 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
An adult male, building one of their nests.
Locality Drakensberg Mountains, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 15 November 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
On a fence
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 22 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.7 -
Male bird perched on a branch
Locality Kagga Kamma Private Game Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 21 November 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A male specimen with intensity of gaze and slightly ruffeled plumage
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Schtunkie 3 November 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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Cape Weaver, nesting song Locality Clanwilliam, Western Cape Province, South Africa
maudoc 1 September 2012 29 weeks ago 4.7 -
A bird giving loud calls in its cage Locality Zoo Basel (Zolli), Basel, Basel-Stadt Canton, Switzerland
Michael C 16 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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