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.[1]
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 | data-sort-typan"number" | 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 | |