Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831) — also called Grosbeak Weaver, GRWE. Occurrence records of the Thick-billed Weaver are shared on GBIF from around 117 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Moreleta Kloof Nature Reserve (2 851 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPloceidae

117reserves with records

29 683records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) — Photo: derekkeats · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2 851
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	2 281
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 839
Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 200
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 149
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 142
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	983
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	979
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	926
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	915
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	827
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	812
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	719
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	649
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	611
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	571
Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	564
WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	564
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	520
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	512
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	493
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	434
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	366
Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	339
Colbyn ValleyNature reserve	GP Gauteng	338
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	332
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	321
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	320
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	304
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	284
Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve	GP Gauteng	268
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	262
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	262
Montgomery VleiNature reserve	GP Gauteng	252
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	238
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	235
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	193
Rustenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	192
Rotary ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	187
Melville KoppiesNature reserve	GP Gauteng	181
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	172
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	167
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	167
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	152
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	152
Silkaatsnek Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	151
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	145
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	141
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	117
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	112
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	111
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	105
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	95
Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	93
Elsewhere Game ReservePrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	90
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	87
The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	87
Marais DamNature reserve	GP Gauteng	71
Cheetah ExperienceWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	71
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	62

and 57 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 43 reserves
Gauteng: 36 reserves
Eastern Cape: 11 reserves
North West: 11 reserves
Mpumalanga: 9 reserves
Limpopo: 6 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Scientific name: Amblyospiza albifrons
GBIF taxon: 2494005
Wikidata: Q426384

More of the Ploceidae family

Southern Masked Weaver Cape Weaver Southern Red Bishop Red-billed Quelea Village Weaver Spectacled 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.