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Passeriformes

Weavers (Ploceidae)

Small to medium-sized passerines with slender to heavy bill; plumage often yellow with black, or red and black, and frequently sexually dimorphic; many species with distinctive breeding plumage, some males with long ornamental tail feathers.
Africa, tropical Asia and Indian Ocean islands.
Forest, grassland, macchia, marshes and reedbeds, scrub-land, orchards and gardens.
17 genera, 116 species, 207 taxa.
13 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.

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16 3 13 8 1 White-billed Buffalo-weaver (Bubalornis albirostris)
11 6 5 8 2 Red-billed Buffalo-weaver (Bubalornis niger)
16 1 9 6 8 3 White-headed Buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)
39 1 20 18 8 4 White-browed Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
5 3 2 8 5 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus)
2 1 1 8 6 Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni)
1 1 8 7 Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus)
4 4 8 8 Rufous-tailed Weaver (Histurgops ruficauda)
8 5 3 8 9 Scaly-feathered Finch (Sporopipes squamifrons)
13 4 9 8 10 Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
9 1 3 5 8 11 Black-capped Social-weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
8 5 3 8 12 Grey-headed Social-weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi)
23 1 18 4 8 13 Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius)
16 1 8 7 8 14 Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
23 1 7 15 8 15 Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
1 1 8 16 Cardinal Quelea (Quelea cardinalis)
4 2 2 8 17 Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops)
16 1 13 2 8 18 Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer)
1 1 8 19 Golden-backed Bishop (Euplectes aureus)
25 14 11 8 20 Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)
4 2 2 8 21 Black Bishop (Euplectes gierowii)
10 4 6 8 22 Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens)
26 1 16 9 8 23 Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix)
1 1 8 24 Zanzibar Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)
1 1 8 25 Fire-fronted Bishop (Euplectes diadematus)
16 8 8 8 26 Black-winged Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)
9 1 7 1 8 27 Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
5 3 2 8 28 Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura)
10 2 3 5 8 29 Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)
3 3 8 30 White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus)
3 1 2 8 31 Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi)
1 1 6 32 Jackson's Widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni)
2 2 8 33 Montane Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes psammocromius)
21 1 12 8 8 34 Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne)
1 1 8 35 Red-headed Fody (Foudia eminentissima)
21 1 11 9 8 36 Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
2 1 1 8 37 Forest Fody (Foudia omissa)
8 8 3 38 Mauritius Fody (Foudia rubra)
2 2 4 39 Rodrigues Fody (Foudia flavicans)
3 1 2 6 40 Seychelles Fody (Foudia sechellarum)
2 2 8 41 Bob-tailed Weaver (Brachycope anomala)
2 1 1 8 42 Compact Weaver (Pachyphantes superciliosus)
0 4 43 Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus)
7 2 5 6 44 Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
7 4 3 8 45 Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)
12 11 1 8 46 African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
1 1 8 47 Bocage's Weaver (Ploceus temporalis)
23 1 13 9 8 48 Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
3 3 8 49 Heuglin's Masked Weaver (Ploceus heuglini)
5 2 3 8 50 Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops)
12 1 9 2 8 51 Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis)
15 2 13 8 52 Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni)
26 8 18 8 53 Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
22 1 19 2 8 54 Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus)
82 2 33 47 8 55 Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
1 1 8 56 Giant Weaver (Ploceus grandis)
46 1 28 17 8 57 Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
7 4 3 8 58 Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis)
7 2 5 8 59 Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus)
20 17 3 8 60 Rüppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula)
14 6 8 8 61 Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)
0 8 62 Tanganyika Masked Weaver (Ploceus reichardi)
0 7 63 Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti)
0 8 64 Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae)
2 2 8 65 Northern Masked Weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus)
3 1 2 8 66 Juba Weaver (Ploceus dicrocephalus)
0 8 67 Cinnamon Weaver (Ploceus badius)
1 1 3 68 Clarke's Weaver (Ploceus golandi)
20 2 14 4 8 69 Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar)
7 4 3 8 70 Golden Palm Weaver (Ploceus bojeri)
10 5 5 8 71 Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius)
10 4 6 8 72 Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
0 4 73 Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri)
3 1 1 1 8 74 Southern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus xanthopterus)
3 2 1 8 75 Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
7 5 2 8 76 Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava)
1 1 8 77 Sao Tome Weaver (Ploceus sanctithomae)
8 5 3 8 78 Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
0 6 79 Fox's Weaver (Ploceus spekeoides)
3 2 1 8 80 Principe Golden Weaver (Ploceus princeps)
17 7 10 8 81 Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
5 1 3 1 8 82 Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
22 9 13 8 83 Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
9 7 2 8 84 Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
15 5 10 8 85 Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni)
2 2 8 86 Strange Weaver (Ploceus alienus)
4 2 2 8 87 Weyns's Weaver (Ploceus weynsi)
14 5 9 8 88 Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
4 3 1 8 89 Yellow-mantled Weaver (Ploceus tricolor)
0 3 90 Golden-naped Weaver (Ploceus aureonucha)
2 1 1 8 91 Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha)
0 4 92 Yellow-legged Weaver (Ploceus flavipes)
3 2 1 8 93 Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster)
1 1 3 94 Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
0 8 95 Black-chinned Weaver (Ploceus nigrimentus)
1 1 6 96 Olive-headed Weaver (Ploceus olivaceiceps)
2 1 1 8 97 Preuss' Weaver (Ploceus preussi)
7 1 6 8 98 Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis)
0 8 99 Yellow-capped Weaver (Ploceus dorsomaculatus)
1 1 4 100 Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus)
2 1 1 8 101 Bertram's Weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)
31 12 19 8 102 Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
1 1 4 103 Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani)
0 3 104 Bates's Weaver (Ploceus batesi)
1 1 8 105 Bar-winged Weaver (Notiospiza angolensis)
1 1 3 106 Gola Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni)
0 8 107 Cassin's Malimbe (Malimbus cassini)
0 8 108 Red-crowned Malimbe (Malimbus coronatus)
0 8 109 Red-bellied Malimbe (Malimbus erythrogaster)
0 3 110 Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis)
2 2 8 111 Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
2 1 1 8 112 Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens)
1 1 8 113 Rachel's Malimbe (Malimbus racheliae)
7 1 6 8 114 Red-headed Malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
3 2 1 8 115 Red-vented Malimbe (Malimbus scutatus)
22 11 11 8 116 Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)

Family statistics

17 genera, 116 species

956 files covering
17 genera	(100%)
98 species	(84%)

423 videos covering
14 genera	(82%)
74 species	(64%)

510 photographs covering
17 genera	(100%)
96 species	(83%)

23 sound recordings covering
9 genera	(53%)
20 species	(17%)

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