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Ploceidae -
Weavers and Widowbirds
Subfamily - Bubalornithinae
* Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger niger
* Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger intermedius
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli dinemelli
single member of genus
Subfamily - Ploceinae
* Scaly-feathered Finch
Sporopipes squamifrons squamifrons
* Scaly-feathered Finch
Sporopipes squamifrons fuligescens
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis emini
Thick-billed Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi
single member of genus
* Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht baglafecht
* Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht stuhlmanni
Slender-billed Weaver
Ploceus pelzelni pelzelni
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolus
monotypic
* Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis ocularis
* Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis crocatus
Black-necked Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis
Cape Weaver
Ploceus capensis
monotypic, endemic to South Africa
Yellow Weaver
Ploceus subaureus subaureus
Golden Weaver
Ploceus xanthops
monotypic
Ruppell's Weaver
Ploceus galbula
monotypic
* Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius intermedius
* Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius cabanisii
* Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus velatus
* Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus caurinus
* Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus tahatali
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus uluensis
Speke's Weaver
Ploceus spekei
monotypic
* Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus abyssinicus
* Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus dimidiatus
* Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus rubiginosus rubiginosus
* Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus rubiginosus trothae
Asian Golden Weaver
Ploceus hypoxanthus hymenaicus
Compact Weaver
Ploceus superciliosus
monotypic
Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus bicolor stictifrons
Red-headed Malimbe
Malimbus rubricollis rubricollis
* Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps rubriceps
single member of genus
* Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotus
single member of genus
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea lathamii
Madagascar Fody
Foudia madagascariensis
monotypic
Seychelles Fody
Foudia sechellarum
monotypic, endemic to The Seychelles
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer taha
Southern Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
monotypic
Northern Red Bishop
Euplectes franciscanus
monotypic
Yellow Bishop
Euplectes capensis capensis
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris bocagei
White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus albonotatus
Red-collared Widowbird
Euplectes ardens ardens
Long-tailed Widowbird
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