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 from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia, south through East Africa to South Africa and Botswana, and west to Angola and southern Congo. It occurs up to 1,800 m asl in Ethiopia. There do not appear to be confirmed records from Burundi, though it is likely to occur here it is included in the species' distribution on the map.
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