bird · Passeriformes · Ploceidae

Cape Weaver

Ploceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called CAWE. Occurrence records of the Cape Weaver are shared on GBIF from around 244 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (5 671 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPloceidae

244reserves with records

78 023records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) — Photo: Derek Keats from South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5 671
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 636
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	3 583
Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	2 876
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 747
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 435
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 882
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 858
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 654
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	1 636
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 625
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 620
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 511
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 495
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 433
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 272
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 270
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 250
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 213
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 148
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 134
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 091
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 045
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	951
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	932
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	872
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	826
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	799
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	796
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	757
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	753
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	722
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	707
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	675
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	675
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	664
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	646
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	639
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	637
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	608
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	604
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	603
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	539
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	505
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	444
Greyton Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	431
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	407
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	406
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	390
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	387
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	369
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	368
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	366
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	363
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	353
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	353
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	351
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	342
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	294
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	279

and 184 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 123 reserves
Eastern Cape: 40 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 31 reserves
Gauteng: 14 reserves
Free State: 13 reserves
Mpumalanga: 9 reserves
Northern Cape: 5 reserves
Limpopo: 5 reserves
North West: 4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Scientific name: Ploceus capensis
GBIF taxon: 2494035
Wikidata: Q938163

More of the Ploceidae family

Southern Masked Weaver Southern Red Bishop Red-billed Quelea Village Weaver Spectacled Weaver Thick-billed Weaver Red-collared Widowbird Yellow Bishop Long-tailed Widowbird Fan-tailed Widowbird Dark-backed Weaver Yellow Weaver White-winged Widowbird Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Scaly-feathered Weaver Red-headed Weaver Yellow-crowned Bishop Lesser Masked Weaver African Golden Weaver

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.