Ploceidae

The former family of the plocéidés (or Ploceidae ) belongs to the class of the Oiseau X and to the order of the Passériformes.

Systematic position

The most recent classification based on hybridizations of DNA places Ploceidae in the vast family of the Passeridae.

Alphabetical list of the kinds

Amblyospiza Sundevall, 1850
Anaplectes Reichenbach, 1863
Anomalospiza Shelley, 1901
Brachycope Reichenow, 1900
Bubalornis A. Smith, 1836
Dinemellia Reichenbach, 1863
Euplectes Swainson, 1829
Foudia Reichenbach, 1850
Histurgops Reichenow, 1887
Old-fashioned Malimbus , 1805
Pachyphantes Shelley, 1896
Philetairus A. Smith, 1837
Plocepasser A. Smith, 1836
Ploceus Vat, 1816
Pseudonigrita Reichenow, 1903
Quelea Reichenbach, 1850
Sporopipes Cabanis, 1847

List species

(Included in the family of the “Passeridae”, for A.P. Peterson)

Alecto with white nozzle - Bubalornis albirostris (Old-fashioned, 1817) - White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Alecto with red nozzle - Bubalornis Niger A. Smith, 1836 - Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Alecto with white head - Dinemellia dinemelli (Ruppell, 1845) - White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
squared Sporopipe - Sporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800) - Speckle-fronted Weaver
squameux Sporopipe - Sporopipes will squamifrons A. Smith, 1836 - Scaly Weaver
Mahali with white eyebrows - Plocepasser mahali A. Smith, 1836 - White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
maroon Mahali with cap - Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827) - Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Mahali with russet-red back - Plocepasser rufoscapulatus Buttikofer, 1888 - Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver
Mahali de Donaldson - Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe 1895 - Donaldson-Smith' S Sparrow-Weaver
Histurgopse with red tail - Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887 - Rufous-tailed Weaver
Republican of Arnaud - Pseudonigrita arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1850) - Social-Weaver Grey-headed
Republican of Cabanis - Pseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - Social-Weaver Black-capped
Social republican - Philetairus socius (Latham, 1790) - Social Weaver

Tisserin de Bannerman - Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932 - Bannerman' S Weaver
Tisserin Packsaddlled - Ploceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908) - Bates' S Weaver
Tisserin with black chin - Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904 - Black-chinned Weaver
Tisserin baglafecht - Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin 1799) - Baglafecht Weaver
Tisserin de Bertrand - Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893) - Bertrand' S Weaver
Tisserin de Pelzeln - Ploceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887) - Slender-billed Weaver
Tisserin with nozzle hails - Ploceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876) - Loango Weaver
Tisserin minule - Ploceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Little Weaver
intermediate Tisserin - Ploceus intermedius Ruppell, 1845 - Lesser Masked Weaver
Tisserin with glasses - Ploceus ocularis A. Smith, 1828 - Spectacled Weaver
Tisserin with black neck - Ploceus nigricollis (Old-fashioned, 1805) - Black-necked Weaver
Tisserin with yellow head - Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887 - Black-billed Weaver
Tisserin of mountain - Ploceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902) - Strange Weaver
Tisserin de Bocage - Ploceus temporalis (Scrap-metal, 1880) - Bocage' S Weaver
Tisserin of the Cape - Ploceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Cape yellow Weaver
Tisserin - Ploceus subaureus A. Smith, 1839 - African Golden delicious-Weaver
Tisserin saffron - Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) - Golden delicious-Weaver
Tisserin de Principé - princeps Ploceus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Principle Golden delicious-Weaver
orange Tisserin - Ploceus aurantius (Old-fashioned, 1805) - Orange Weaver
Tisserin cabbage tree - Ploceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869) - Golden delicious Palm Weaver
Tisserin de Taveta - Ploceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890) - Taveta Golden delicious-Weaver
Tisserin with brown throat - Ploceus xanthopterus (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870) - Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Tisserin with black throat - Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888 - Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Tisserin de Burnier - Ploceus burnieri N.E. Baker & E.M. Baker, 1990 - Kilombero Weaver
Tisserin de Rüppell - Ploceus galbula Ruppell, 1840 - Rueppell' S Weaver
Tisserin masked - Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886 - Masked-Weaver
Tisserin of the Nile - Ploceus taeniopterus Reichenbach, 1863 - Northern Masked-Weaver
Tisserin of Victoria - Ploceus victoriae ?? - Victoria Masked-Weaver
vitelline Tisserin - Ploceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Tisserin with russet-red head - Old-fashioned Ploceus velatus , 1819 - Southern Masked-Weaver
Tisserin of Katanga - Ploceus katanguae (Verheyen, 1947) - Katanga Masked-Weaver
Tisserin de Ruwet - Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson 1982 - Ruwet' S Masked-Weaver
Tisserin de Reichard - Ploceus reichardi Reichenow, 1886 - Tanzania Masked-Weaver
Tisserin gendarme - Ploceus cucullatus (Statius Muller, 1776) - Village Weaver

Tisserin de Layard - Ploceus (cucullatus) nigriceps - Layard' S Weaver

giant Tisserin - Ploceus grown (G.R. Gray, 1844) - Giant Weaver
Tisserin de Speke - Ploceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861) - Speke' S Weaver
Tisserin de Fox - Ploceus spekeoides Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 - Fox' S Weaver
black Tisserin - Old-fashioned Ploceus nigerrimus , 1819 - Vieillot' S Black Weaver
Tisserin de Weyns - Ploceus weynsi (Dubois, 1900) - Weyns' S Weaver
Tisserin de Clarke - Ploceus golandi (S. Clarke, 1913) - Clarke' S Weaver
Tisserin with black head - Ploceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-headed Weaver
Tisserin de Salvadori - Ploceus dicrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896) - Juba Weaver gold Salvadori' S Weaver
Tisserin with gold back - Ploceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888 - Golden delicious-backed Weaver
Tisserin grooves - Ploceus badius (Cassin, 1850) - Cinnamon Weaver
russet-red Tisserin - Ploceus rubiginosus Ruppell, 1840 - Chestnut Weaver
Tisserin with gold nape of the neck - Ploceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920 - Golden delicious-naped Weaver
tricolor Tisserin - Ploceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854) - Yellow-mantled Weaver
Tisserin of Maxwell - Ploceus albinucha (Scrap-metal, 1876) - Maxwell' S Black Weaver
Tisserin nélicourvi - Ploceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786) - Nelicourvi Weaver
Tisserin sakalave - Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861 - Sakalava Weaver
Tisserin of Bengal - Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Black-breasted Weaver
Tisserin manyar - Ploceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821) - Streaked Weaver
Tisserin baya - Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Baya Weaver
Tisserin gilded - Ploceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788) - Asian Golden delicious-Weaver
Tisserin de Finn - Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869 - Yellow Weaver gold Finn' S two-tone Weaver
Tisserin - Old-fashioned Ploceus bicolor , 1819 - Forest Weaver
Tisserin de Preuss - Ploceus preussi (Reichenow, 1892) - Preuss' S Weaver
Tisserin with yellow cape - Ploceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893) - Yellow-capped Weaver
Tisserin of Usambara - Ploceus nicolli W.L. Sclater, 1931 - Usambara Weaver
Tisserin with head olive - Ploceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899) - Olive-headed Weaver
Tisserin with brown cape - Ploceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891) - Brown-capped Weaver
Tisserin malimbe - Ploceus angolensis (Scrap-metal, 1878) - Bar-winged Weaver
Tisserin of Sao Tome - Ploceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848) - Sao Tome Weaver
Tisserin grosbeak - Pachyphantes superciliosus (Shelley, 1873) - Compact Weaver
Malimbe with yellow feet - Malimbus flavipes Chapin, 1916 - Yellow-legged Malimbe
Malimbe crowned - Malimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906 - Red-crowned Malimbe
Malimbe de Cassin - Malimbus cassini (Elliot, 1859) - Black-throated Malimbe
Malimbe de Ballmann - Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974 - Ballmann' S Malimbe gold Gola Malimbe
Malimbe de Rachel - Malimbus racheliae (Cassin, 1857) - Rachel' S Malimbe
Malimbe with red tail - Malimbus scutatus (Cassin, 1849) - Red-vented Malimbe
Malimbe d' Ibadan - Malimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 1958 - Ibadan Malimbe
Malimbe with red belly - Malimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 1893 - Red-bellied Malimbe
Malimbe with blue nozzle - Malimbus nitens (J.E. Gray, 1831) - Gray' S Malimbe
crested Malimbe - Malimbus malimbicus (Daudin, 1802) - Crested Malimbe
Malimbe with red head - Malimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838) - Red-headed Malimbe
scarlet Tisserin - Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850) - Red-headed Weaver

Hard-working with short tail - Brachycope anomala (Reichenow, 1888) - Bob-tailed Weaver
Hard-working cardinal - Quelea cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880) - Cardinal Hard-working Quelea
with red head - Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848) - Red-headed Quelea
Hard-working with red nozzle - Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-billed Quelea
red Foudi - Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Madagascar Red Fody
Foudi of the Comoros - Foudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 1850 - Red-headed Fody
Foudi of forest - Foudia omissa Rothschild, 1912 - Forest Fody
Foudi of Maurice - Foudia will rubra (Gmelin, 1789) - Mauritius Fody
Foudi of Seychelles - Foudia sechellarum E. Newton, 1867 - Seychelles Fody
Foudi of Rodriguez - Foudia flavicans A. Newton, 1865 - Yellow Fody gold Rodrigues Fody
Euplecte vorabé - Euplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789) - Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplecte with diadem - Euplectes diadematus Fischer & Reichenow 1878 - Fire-fronted Bishop
Euplecte de Gierow - Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880 - Black Bishop
Euplecte monseigneur - Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-winged Bishop
Euplecte franciscain - Euplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789) - Orange Bishop
bright metallic red Euplecte - Euplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red Bishop
Euplecte de Zanzibar - Euplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848 - Zanzibar Bishop
Euplecte gilded - Euplectes aureus (Gmelin, 1789) - Golden delicious-backed Bishop
Euplecte with yellow tail - Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Yellow Bishop
Euplecte with orange shoulders - Euplectes axillaris (A. Smith, 1838) - Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplecte with gold back - Euplectes will macroura (Gmelin, 1789) - Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
Euplecte with white shoulders - Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848) - White-winged Widowbird
Euplecte widow-black - Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783) - Red-collared Widowbird
Euplecte of marsh - Euplectes hartlaubi (Scrap-metal, 1878) - Marsh Widowbird
mountain Euplecte - Euplectes psammocromius (Reichenow, 1900) - Buff-shouldered Widowbird
Euplecte with long tail - Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783) - Length-tailed Widowbird
Euplecte of Jackson - Euplectes jacksoni (Sharpe, 1891) - Jackson' S Widowbird
Anomalospize parasitizes - Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis, 1868) - Parasitic Weaver
Amblyospize with white face - Amblyospiza will albifrons (Vigors, 1831) - Grosbeak Weaver

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