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Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons · Family Ploceidae

Amblyospiza albifrons

Family Ploceidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Ploceidae
GBIF occurrence records
123,203
Countries and territories with records
30
Thick-billed Weaver
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About this species

This species has 123,203 occurrence records from 30 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (77.5%), Kenya (6.7%), Uganda (4%), Tanzania (2.8%) and Zimbabwe (2.5%); together they account for 93.4% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Amblyospiza albifrons combines the genus name Amblyospiza with the species epithet albifrons. It is the only species of the genus Amblyospiza in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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