Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Weavers and Allies :: Grosbeak Weaver

Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons

Described by: Vigors (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Thick-billed Weaver, White-fronted Grosbeak
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

South Africa - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa - Nov, 2004 © Andy Balinsky  Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa - Nov, 2004 © Andy Balinsky  near Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania - Jun 5, 2007 © Justyn Stahl 
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Range

(1) Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.
(2) Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, and n. Zaire.
(3) Ne. Zaire, s. Sudan, s. Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and nw. Kenya.
(4) S. Kenya, Tanzania including Zanzibar Is., Mafia Is., and Pemba Is., Zambia, Malawi, and e. Zimbabwe.
(5) E. Kenya and e. Tanzania.
(6) Nw. Angola.
(7) S. Zaire.
(8) Ex. ne. Namibia, and ne. Botswana.
(9) S. Mozambique.
(10) Se. South Africa.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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