Holub's golden weaver (''Ploceus xanthops''), also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family Ploceidae. It is found from Gabon to Uganda and Kenya, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern South Africa. The common name commemorates the Czech naturalist

Emil Holub Emil Holub (7 October 1847 – 21 February 1902) was a Czech physician, explorer, cartographer, and ethnographer in Africa. Early life Holub was born in Holice in eastern Bohemia (then within the Austrian Empire, now the Czech Republic), to t ...

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Holub's golden weaver
- Species text in Weaver Watch. * Holub's golden weaver
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Holub's golden weaver Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Holub's golden weaver Birds of East Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ploceidae-stub