Weavers, Widowbirds

Ploceidae · 124 species

Weavers, Widowbirds (Ploceidae) is a family of 124 bird species in the order Passeriformes. They live mostly in forest, woodland, grassland habitats. The smallest is the Scaly-feathered Weaver and the largest the Red-billed Buffalo Weaver.

Aldabra Fody Foudia aldabrana
Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis
Bates's Weaver Ploceus batesi
Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentus
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
Bob-tailed Weaver Brachycope anomala
Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini
Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
Cinnamon Weaver Ploceus badius
Comoro Fody Foudia eminentissima
Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni
Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
Forest Fody Foudia omissa
Fox's Weaver Ploceus spekeoides
Giant Weaver Ploceus grandis
Gola Malimbe Malimbus ballmanni
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus
Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
Golden-naped Weaver Ploceus aureonucha
Grand Comoro Fody Foudia consobrina
Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Ibadan Malimbe Malimbus ibadanensis
Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus
Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae
Kilifi Weaver Ploceus golandi
Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
Loango Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus
Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
Lufira Masked Weaver Ploceus ruweti
Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius
Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Northern Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes leuconotos
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
Olive-naped Weaver Ploceus brachypterus
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
Ploceus upembae Ploceus upembae
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
Principe Weaver Ploceus princeps
Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae
Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
Red Weaver Anaplectes jubaensis
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Red-cowled Widowbird Euplectes laticauda
Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans
Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula
Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava
Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae
Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
Tanzanian Masked Weaver Ploceus reichardi
Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Yellow-capped Weaver Ploceus dorsomaculatus
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Yellow-legged Weaver Ploceus flavipes
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris