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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Ploceidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black BishopEuplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Zanzibar Red BishopEuplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red BishopEuplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Montane WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromius (Reichenow, 1900)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Foudia aldabrana Ridgway, 1893PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Comoros FodyFoudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 1850PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rodrigues FodyFoudia flavicans A. Newton, 1865PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Forest FodyFoudia omissa Rothschild, 1912PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mauritius FodyFoudia rubra (Gmelin, 1789)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gola MalimbeMalimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini (Elliot, 1859)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 1893PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ibadan MalimbeMalimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 1958PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus (Daudin, 1802)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens (J. E. Gray, 1831)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rachel's MalimbeMalimbus racheliae (Cassin, 1857)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus (Cassin, 1849)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha (Bocage, 1876)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Strange WeaverPloceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bar-winged WeaverPloceus angolensis (Bocage, 1878)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Golden-naped WeaverPloceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badius (Cassin, 1850)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bannerman's WeaverPloceus bannermani Chapin, 1932PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bates's WeaverPloceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bertram's WeaverPloceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kilombero WeaverPloceus burnieri N. E. Baker & E. M. Baker, 1990PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Taveta WeaverPloceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops Shelley, 1888PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus (Statius Muller, 1776)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-capped WeaverPloceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ploceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916)PloceidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.