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BirdPix:   7115
Province:   Dar es Salaam
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0639CD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2014-03-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   800
Species name:   Ploceus subaureus
Common name:   Yellow (African Golden) Weaver -- Geelwewer
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Golden Palm weaver - Ploceus bojeri
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7115
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7115 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7115 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   No larger images, but does look like Golden Palm-Weaver (Ploceus bojeri)
Date:   2014-03-30 06:59:56
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Doug Harebottle
Comment:   Agree with Colin.
Date:   2014-04-09 14:37:05
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Dieter Oschadleus
Comment:   Golden Palm-Weaver has much more orange on head, and does not occur in Tanzania. P subaureus or holoxanthus
Date:   2018-11-15 06:54:49
Species name:   Ploceus subaureus -- Yellow (African Golden) Weaver; Geelwewer
Species code:   800

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