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