Weavers, widowbirds, and allies form the family Ploceidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 122 species; 67 of them are in genus Ploceus and the rest are distributed among 14 other genera.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequenceWhite-billed buffalo weaverBubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)1Red-billed buffalo weaverBubalornis niger Smith, A, 18362White-headed buffalo weaverDinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)3White-browed sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali Smith, A, 18364Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaverPlocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827)5Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaverPlocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 18956Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus Büttikofer, 18887Rufous-tailed weaverHisturgops ruficauda Reichenow, 18878Grey-capped social weaverPseudonigrita arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1850)9Black-capped social weaverPseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)10Sociable weaverPhiletairus socius (Latham, 1790)11Scaly-feathered weaverSporopipes squamifrons (Smith, A, 1836)12Speckle-fronted weaverSporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800)13Thick-billed weaverAmblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)14Baglafecht weaverPloceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802)15Bannerman's weaverPloceus bannermani Chapin, 193216Bates's weaverPloceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908)17Black-chinned weaverPloceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 190418Bertram's weaverPloceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)19Slender-billed weaverPloceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887)20Loango weaverPloceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876)21Little weaverPloceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)22Spectacled weaverPloceus ocularis Smith, A, 182823Olive-naped weaverPloceus brachypterus Swainson, 183724Black-necked weaverPloceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805)25Strange weaverPloceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902)26Black-billed weaverPloceus melanogaster Shelley, 188727Cape weaverPloceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)28Bocage's weaverPloceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880)29Eastern golden weaverPloceus subaureus Smith, A, 183930Holub's golden weaverPloceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862)31Orange weaverPloceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805)32Heuglin's masked weaverPloceus heuglini Reichenow, 188633Golden palm weaverPloceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869)34Taveta weaverPloceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890)35Principe weaverPloceus princeps (Bonaparte, 1850)36Northern brown-throated weaverPloceus castanops Shelley, 188837Southern brown-throated weaverPloceus xanthopterus (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)38Ruvu weaverPloceus holoxanthus Hartlaub, 189139Kilombero weaverPloceus burnieri Baker, NE & Baker, EM, 199040Rüppell's weaverPloceus galbula Rüppell, 184041Northern masked weaverPloceus taeniopterus (Reichenbach, 1863)42Lesser masked weaverPloceus intermedius Rüppell, 184543Southern masked weaverPloceus velatus Vieillot, 181944Katanga masked weaverPloceus katangae (Verheyen, 1947)45Lufira masked weaverPloceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 198246Tanzanian masked weaverPloceus reichardi Reichenow, 188647Vitelline masked weaverPloceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)48Speke's weaverPloceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861)49Fox's weaverPloceus spekeoides Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 194750Village weaverPloceus cucullatus (Müller, PLS, 1776)51Giant weaverPloceus grandis (Gray, GR, 1844)52Chestnut-and-black weaverPloceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 184053Vieillot's black weaverPloceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 181954Weyns's weaverPloceus weynsi (Dubois, AJC, 1900)55Kilifi weaverPloceus golandi (Clarke, S, 1913)56Juba weaverPloceus dichrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896)57Black-headed weaverPloceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)58Golden-backed weaverPloceus jacksoni Shelley, 188859Cinnamon weaverPloceus badius (Cassin, 1850)60Chestnut weaverPloceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 184061Golden-naped weaverPloceus aureonucha Sassi, 192062Yellow-mantled weaverPloceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854)63Maxwell's black weaverPloceus albinucha (Barboza du Bocage, 1876)64Nelicourvi weaverPloceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786)65Sakalava weaverPloceus sakalava Hartlaub, 186166Asian golden weaverPloceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788)67Compact weaverPloceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)68Black-breasted weaverPloceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)69Streaked weaverPloceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821)70Baya weaverPloceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766)71Finn's weaverPloceus megarhynchus Hume, 186972Dark-backed weaverPloceus bicolor Vieillot, 181973Preuss's weaverPloceus preussi (Reichenow, 1893)74Yellow-capped weaverPloceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893)75Olive-headed weaverPloceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899)76Usambara weaverPloceus nicolli Sclater, WL, 193177Brown-capped weaverPloceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891)78Bar-winged weaverPloceus angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1878)79Sao Tome weaverPloceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848)80Yellow-legged weaverPloceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916)81Red-crowned malimbeMalimbus coronatus Sharpe, 190682Cassin's malimbeMalimbus cassini (Elliot, DG, 1859)83Rachel's malimbeMalimbus racheliae (Cassin, 1857)84Gola malimbeMalimbus ballmanni Wolters, 197485Red-vented malimbeMalimbus scutatus (Cassin, 1849)86Ibadan malimbeMalimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 195887Blue-billed malimbeMalimbus nitens (Gray, JE, 1831)88Red-headed malimbeMalimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838)89Red-bellied malimbeMalimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 189390Crested malimbeMalimbus malimbicus (Daudin, 1802)91Red-headed weaverAnaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)92Red weaverAnaplectes jubaensis Van Someren, 192093Cardinal queleaQuelea cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880)94Red-headed queleaQuelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)95Red-billed queleaQuelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)96Red fodyFoudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)97Comoros fodyFoudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 185098Aldabra fodyFoudia aldabrana Ridgway, 189399Forest fodyFoudia omissa Rothschild, 1912100Mauritius fodyFoudia rubra (Gmelin, JF, 1789)101Seychelles fodyFoudia sechellarum Newton, E, 1867102Rodrigues fodyFoudia flavicans Newton, A, 1865103Bob-tailed weaverBrachycope anomala (Reichenow, 1887)104Yellow-crowned bishopEuplectes afer (Gmelin, JF, 1789)105Fire-fronted bishopEuplectes diadematus Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1878106Black bishopEuplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880107Zanzibar red bishopEuplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848108Black-winged red bishopEuplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)109Southern red bishopEuplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758)110Northern red bishopEuplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789)111Golden-backed bishopEuplectes aureus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)112Yellow bishopEuplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)113Fan-tailed widowbirdEuplectes axillaris (Smith, A, 1838)114Yellow-mantled widowbirdEuplectes macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1789)115Marsh widowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878)116Montane widowbirdEuplectes psammacromius (Reichenow, 1900)117White-winged widowbirdEuplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)118Red-collared widowbirdEuplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)119Red-cowled widowbirdEuplectes laticauda (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)120Long-tailed widowbirdEuplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783)121Jackson's widowbirdEuplectes jacksoni (Sharpe, 1891)122
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