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.[1]

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

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2024). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
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