Weavers and Allies
Ploceidae
The Ploceidae are a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers or weaverbirds. This name comes from the nests of intricately woven vegetation that many birds of the family make. The family as defined by most recent classifications is a monophyletic clade, excluding some birds that have historically been placed in the family, such as some of the sparrows, and including the monotypic subfamily Amblyospizinae. The family is believed to have originated...
16 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 122 known species
Typical Weavers
genusPloceus
Bishops and Widowbirds
genusEuplectes
Sparrow-Weavers
genusPlocepasser
Queleas
genusQuelea
Fodies
genusFoudia
Grosbeak Weavers
genusAmblyospiza
Sociable Weavers
genusPhiletairus
Black Buffalo-Weavers
genusBubalornis
Scaly and Speckle-fronted Weavers
genusSporopipes
Dinemellia
genusDinemellia
Red-headed Weavers
genusAnaplectes
Social-Weavers
genusPseudonigrita
Histurgops
genusHisturgops
Malimbes
genusMalimbus
Compact Weavers
genusPachyphantes
Brachycope
genusBrachycope
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71354.