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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 Euplectes progne progne