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 name | Binomial name + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| White-billed buffalo weaver | Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817) | 1 |
| Red-billed buffalo weaver | Bubalornis niger Smith, A, 1836 | 2 |
| White-headed buffalo weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845) | 3 |
| White-browed sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser mahali Smith, A, 1836 | 4 |
| Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827) | 5 |
| Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | 6 |
| Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver | Plocepasser rufoscapulatus Büttikofer, 1888 | 7 |
| Rufous-tailed weaver | Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887 | 8 |
| Grey-capped social weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1850) | 9 |
| Black-capped social weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 10 |
| Sociable weaver | Philetairus socius (Latham, 1790) | 11 |
| Scaly-feathered weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons (Smith, A, 1836) | 12 |
| Speckle-fronted weaver | Sporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800) | 13 |
| Thick-billed weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831) | 14 |
| Baglafecht weaver | Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802) | 15 |
| Bannerman's weaver | Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932 | 16 |
| Bates's weaver | Ploceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908) | 17 |
| Black-chinned weaver | Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904 | 18 |
| Bertram's weaver | Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893) | 19 |
| Slender-billed weaver | Ploceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887) | 20 |
| Loango weaver | Ploceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876) | 21 |
| Little weaver | Ploceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 22 |
| Spectacled weaver | Ploceus ocularis Smith, A, 1828 | 23 |
| Olive-naped weaver | Ploceus brachypterus Swainson, 1837 | 24 |
| Black-necked weaver | Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805) | 25 |
| Strange weaver | Ploceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902) | 26 |
| Black-billed weaver | Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887 | 27 |
| Cape weaver | Ploceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 28 |
| Bocage's weaver | Ploceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880) | 29 |
| Eastern golden weaver | Ploceus subaureus Smith, A, 1839 | 30 |
| Holub's golden weaver | Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) | 31 |
| Orange weaver | Ploceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805) | 32 |
| Heuglin's masked weaver | Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886 | 33 |
| Golden palm weaver | Ploceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869) | 34 |
| Taveta weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890) | 35 |
| Principe weaver | Ploceus princeps (Bonaparte, 1850) | 36 |
| Northern brown-throated weaver | Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888 | 37 |
| Southern brown-throated weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) | 38 |
| Ruvu weaver | Ploceus holoxanthus Hartlaub, 1891 | 39 |
| Kilombero weaver | Ploceus burnieri Baker, NE & Baker, EM, 1990 | 40 |
| Rüppell's weaver | Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840 | 41 |
| Northern masked weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus (Reichenbach, 1863) | 42 |
| Lesser masked weaver | Ploceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845 | 43 |
| Southern masked weaver | Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 | 44 |
| Katanga masked weaver | Ploceus katangae (Verheyen, 1947) | 45 |
| Lufira masked weaver | Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982 | 46 |
| Tanzanian masked weaver | Ploceus reichardi Reichenow, 1886 | 47 |
| Vitelline masked weaver | Ploceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 48 |
| Speke's weaver | Ploceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861) | 49 |
| Fox's weaver | Ploceus spekeoides Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 | 50 |
| Village weaver | Ploceus cucullatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 51 |
| Giant weaver | Ploceus grandis (Gray, GR, 1844) | 52 |
| Chestnut-and-black weaver | Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840 | 53 |
| Vieillot's black weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819 | 54 |
| Weyns's weaver | Ploceus weynsi (Dubois, AJC, 1900) | 55 |
| Kilifi weaver | Ploceus golandi (Clarke, S, 1913) | 56 |
| Juba weaver | Ploceus dichrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896) | 57 |
| Black-headed weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 58 |
| Golden-backed weaver | Ploceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888 | 59 |
| Cinnamon weaver | Ploceus badius (Cassin, 1850) | 60 |
| Chestnut weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840 | 61 |
| Golden-naped weaver | Ploceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920 | 62 |
| Yellow-mantled weaver | Ploceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854) | 63 |
| Maxwell's black weaver | Ploceus albinucha (Barboza du Bocage, 1876) | 64 |
| Nelicourvi weaver | Ploceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786) | 65 |
| Sakalava weaver | Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861 | 66 |
| Asian golden weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788) | 67 |
| Compact weaver | Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873) | 68 |
| Black-breasted weaver | Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 69 |
| Streaked weaver | Ploceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821) | 70 |
| Baya weaver | Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 71 |
| Finn's weaver | Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869 | 72 |
| Dark-backed weaver | Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819 | 73 |
| Preuss's weaver | Ploceus preussi (Reichenow, 1893) | 74 |
| Yellow-capped weaver | Ploceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893) | 75 |
| Olive-headed weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899) | 76 |
| Usambara weaver | Ploceus nicolli Sclater, WL, 1931 | 77 |
| Brown-capped weaver | Ploceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891) | 78 |
| Bar-winged weaver | Ploceus angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) | 79 |
| Sao Tome weaver | Ploceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848) | 80 |
| Yellow-legged weaver | Ploceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916) | 81 |
| Red-crowned malimbe | Malimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906 | 82 |
| Cassin's malimbe | Malimbus cassini (Elliot, DG, 1859) | 83 |
| Rachel's malimbe | Malimbus racheliae (Cassin, 1857) | 84 |
| Gola malimbe | Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974 | 85 |
| Red-vented malimbe | Malimbus scutatus (Cassin, 1849) | 86 |
| Ibadan malimbe | Malimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 1958 | 87 |
| Blue-billed malimbe | Malimbus nitens (Gray, JE, 1831) | 88 |
| Red-headed malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838) | 89 |
| Red-bellied malimbe | Malimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 1893 | 90 |
| Crested malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus (Daudin, 1802) | 91 |
| Red-headed weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850) | 92 |
| Red weaver | Anaplectes jubaensis Van Someren, 1920 | 93 |
| Cardinal quelea | Quelea cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880) | 94 |
| Red-headed quelea | Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848) | 95 |
| Red-billed quelea | Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 96 |
| Red fody | Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 97 |
| Comoros fody | Foudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 1850 | 98 |
| Aldabra fody | Foudia aldabrana Ridgway, 1893 | 99 |
| Forest fody | Foudia omissa Rothschild, 1912 | 100 |
| Mauritius fody | Foudia rubra (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 101 |
| Seychelles fody | Foudia sechellarum Newton, E, 1867 | 102 |
| Rodrigues fody | Foudia flavicans Newton, A, 1865 | 103 |
| Bob-tailed weaver | Brachycope anomala (Reichenow, 1887) | 104 |
| Yellow-crowned bishop | Euplectes afer (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 105 |
| Fire-fronted bishop | Euplectes diadematus Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1878 | 106 |
| Black bishop | Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880 | 107 |
| Zanzibar red bishop | Euplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848 | 108 |
| Black-winged red bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 109 |
| Southern red bishop | Euplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) | 110 |
| Northern red bishop | Euplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789) | 111 |
| Golden-backed bishop | Euplectes aureus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 112 |
| Yellow bishop | Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 113 |
| Fan-tailed widowbird | Euplectes axillaris (Smith, A, 1838) | 114 |
| Yellow-mantled widowbird | Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 115 |
| Marsh widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) | 116 |
| Montane widowbird | Euplectes psammacromius (Reichenow, 1900) | 117 |
| White-winged widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848) | 118 |
| Red-collared widowbird | Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783) | 119 |
| Red-cowled widowbird | Euplectes laticauda (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 120 |
| Long-tailed widowbird | Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783) | 121 |
| Jackson's widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni (Sharpe, 1891) | 122 |
References
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.