Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Listed as Least Concern in view of its very wide distribution, its tolerance of a broad range of habitats and its presumed large population.
Distribution
This species ranges very widely in the savannah zone of Africa, from Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia and Eritrea, south to Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho. It occurs on the island of Zanzibar (Tanzania). There appear to be no records from Burkina Faso and Chad, though it presumably occurs in these countries. It occurs up to 2,200 m asl in Ethiopia.
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