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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula Rüppell, 1840 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clarke's WeaverPloceus golandi (S. Clarke, 1913) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant WeaverPloceus grandis (G. R. Gray, 1844) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Katanga Masked WeaverPloceus katangae (Verheyen, 1947) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little WeaverPloceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Usambara WeaverPloceus nicolli W. L. Sclater, 1931 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis A. Smith, 1828 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-headed WeaverPloceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni (Shelley, 1887) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi (Reichenow, 1892) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Principe WeaverPloceus princeps (Bonaparte, 1850) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lufira Masked WeaverPloceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fox's WeaverPloceus spekeoides Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow WeaverPloceus subaureus A. Smith, 1839 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Loango WeaverPloceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus (Reichenbach, 1863) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bocage's WeaverPloceus temporalis (Bocage, 1880) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi (Dubois, 1900) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons (A. Smith, 1836) | PloceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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
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.