Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae (Weavers, Widowbirds)  
Genus: Ploceus (67 species)


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Maxwell's Black Weaver (Ploceus albinucha)
Range: AF: w, c
 



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Strange Weaver (Ploceus alienus)
Range: AF: sw Uganda, e DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
 



Bar-winged Weaver
Bar-winged Weaver (Ploceus angolensis)
Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and Zambia
Luakera Forest, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Orange Weaver
Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius rex)
Range: AF: w, c
Entebbe Botanic Gardens, Uganda
  Male non-breeding.
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Orange Weaver
Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius aurantius) Male
Range: AF: w, c
Hans Cottage Botel, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Golden-naped Weaver (Ploceus aureonucha) Endangered
Range: AF: DR Congo
 



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Cinnamon Weaver (Ploceus badius)
Range: AF: Sudan and South Sudan
 



Baglafecht Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
Range: AF: c, e, se
San Diego Zoo, California, USA  
 
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info


Bannerman's Weaver
Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Nigeria, Cameroon
Mbingo, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Bates's Weaver (Ploceus batesi) Endangered
Range: AF: Cameroon
 



Black-breasted Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) Malle
Range: OR: Pakistan to sc China
New Delhi, India  
 
Photograph by Savithri Singh     Copyright and usage info

Black-breasted Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis) Female
Range: OR: Pakistan to sc China
Salai, UP, India  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


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Bertram's Weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)
Range: AF: n Zambia and c Tanzania through Malawi to n Mozambique
 



Dark-backed Weaver
Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
Range: AF: widespread
Ndumo Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Golden Palm Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver (Ploceus bojeri) Male
Range: AF: e
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Golden Palm Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver (Ploceus bojeri) Female
Range: AF: e
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Olive-naped Weaver (Ploceus brachypterus)
Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to w Cameroon
 



Kilombero Weaver
Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri) Female Vulnerable
Range: AF: w Tanzania
Ifakara, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



Cape Weaver
Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) Male
Range: AF: South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
  Breeding colors.
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Cape Weaver
Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) Female
Range: AF: South Africa
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

At woven nest.

Taveta Weaver
Taveta Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
Range: AF: Kenya and Tanzania
Coast, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


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Chestnut-and-black Weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to s Nigeria
 



Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) Male
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania
Entebbe, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) Male
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania
Entebbe, Uganda
  Male non-breeding plumage.
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) Female
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania
Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info

Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) Female
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania
Entebbe, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Village Weaver
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) Male
Range: AF: widespread
Kenya  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Juba Weaver
Juba Weaver (Ploceus dichrocephalus)
Range: AF: c Ethiopia, extreme n Kenya and s Somalia
Negele, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Yellow-capped Weaver (Ploceus dorsomaculatus)
Range: AF: Cameroon to Central African Republic, Gabon and PR Congo; e DR Congo
 



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Yellow-legged Weaver (Ploceus flavipes) Vulnerable
Range: AF: DR Congo
 



Rueppell's Weaver
Rueppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula) Male
Range: AF: Sudan to Somalia and extreme n Kenya; also sw Arabian Pen.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.

Rueppell's Weaver
Rueppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula) Female
Range: AF: Sudan to Somalia and extreme n Kenya; also sw Arabian Pen.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


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Kilifi Weaver (Ploceus golandi) Endangered
Range: AF: coastal se Kenya (Arabuko-Sokoke Forest)
 



Giant Weaver
Giant Weaver (Ploceus grandis) Female Near Threatened
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
São Tomé  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


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Heuglin's Masked Weaver (Ploceus heuglini)
Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia; Mali to the Ivory Coast and e to Uganda and w Kenya
 



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Ruvu Weaver (Ploceus holoxanthus) Near Threatened
Range: AF: e Tanzania
 



Asian Golden Weaver
Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus) Female Near Threatened
Range: OR: Myanmar to Java
Tampines, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Brown-capped Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis)
Range: AF: e Nigeria and w Cameroon; w Angola; s South Sudan to e DR Congo and w, n Tanzania
Kakamega, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Lesser Masked Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius) Male
Range: AF: e, se, s
Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info

Lesser Masked Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius) Female
Range: AF: e, se, s
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-backed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni)
Range: AF: s South Sudan to Tanzania
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


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Katanga Masked Weaver (Ploceus katangae)
Range: AF: sc
 



Little Weaver
Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus)
Range: AF: w, c, e
Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Streaked Weaver
Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar flaviceps) Male
Range: OR: widespread
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus) Endangered
Range: OR: n India, Nepal and s Bhutan
 



Black-headed Weaver
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus fischeri) Male
Range: AF: w, c, ec
Uganda  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Weaver
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus fischeri) Female
Range: AF: w, c, ec
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-billed Weaver
Black-billed Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster stephanophorus)
Range: AF: c
Kakamega, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Nelicourvi Weaver
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) Male
Range: AF: n, e Madagascar
Anjozorobe, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Nelicourvi Weaver
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) Female
Range: AF: n, e Madagascar
Anjozorobe, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Usambara Weaver
Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli nicolli) Male Near Threatened
Range: AF: Tanzania
Magamba Forest, West Usambaras, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Vieillot's Black Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
Range: AF: se Nigeria to s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, w Tanzania, s DR Congo and Angola
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info

Vieillot's Black Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
Range: AF: se Nigeria to s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, w Tanzania, s DR Congo and Angola
Hans Cottage Botel, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Vieillot's Black Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) Female
Range: AF: se Nigeria to s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, w Tanzania, s DR Congo and Angola
Muuduma, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

The Vieillot's Black Weaver has two subspecies, one all black, and one chestnut and black.

Black-necked Weaver
Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) Male
Range: AF: c, e
Pirang Forest, The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-necked Weaver
Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) Female
Range: AF: c, e
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, Kibale National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


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Black-chinned Weaver (Ploceus nigrimentus)
Range: AF: e Gabon, the PR Congo and c Angola
 



Spectacled Weaver
Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
Range: AF: c, e, se
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Olive-headed Weaver (Ploceus olivaceiceps) Near Threatened
Range: AF: Tanzania, e Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique
 



Slender-billed Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni pelzelni) Male
Range: AF: c, w
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Slender-billed Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni pelzelni) Female
Range: AF: c, w
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Baya Weaver
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) Male
Range: OR: widespread
Singapore  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Preuss's Weaver
Preuss's Weaver (Ploceus preussi) Male
Range: AF: Guinea to Ghana, Cameroon to Gabon, e DR Congo
Kakum National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Principe Weaver
Principe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) Male
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Príncipe  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Principe Weaver
Principe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) Male
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Principe  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info

Principe Weaver
Principe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) Female
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Príncipe  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Principe Weaver
Principe Weaver (Ploceus princeps) Female
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Principe  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


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Tanzanian Masked Weaver (Ploceus reichardi)
Range: AF: Tanzania and ne Zambia
 



Chestnut Weaver
Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) Male
Range: AF: e, sw
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info

Chestnut Weaver
Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) Female
Range: AF: e, sw
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


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Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti)
Range: AF: DR Congo
 



Sakalava Weaver
Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava) Male
Range: AF: nw, w, s Madagascar
Berenty, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Sakalava Weaver
Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava) Female
Range: AF: nw, w, s Madagascar
Berenty, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sao Tome Weaver (Ploceus sanctithomae)
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



Speke's Weaver
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) Male
Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania
Arusha NP, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Speke's Weaver
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) Female
Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Fox's Weaver
Fox's Weaver (Ploceus spekeoides) Male Near Threatened
Range: AF: Uganda
Opeta, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Eastern Golden Weaver
Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus subaureus) Male
Range: AF: e, se
St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info

Eastern Golden Weaver
Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus) Male
Range: AF: e, se
Watamu, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Eastern Golden Weaver
Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus) Male
Range: AF: e, se
Watamu, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Eastern Golden Weaver
Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus) Female
Range: AF: e, se
Watamu, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Loango Weaver
Loango Weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus) Immature Vulnerable
Range: AF: coastal Gabon, PR Congo and DR Congo
Loango National Park, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Compact Weaver
Compact Weaver (Ploceus superciliosus) Male
Range: AF: Senegal to Liberia, e to Ethiopia and s to Angola and s DR Congo
Bigodi Wetland, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Compact Weaver
Compact Weaver (Ploceus superciliosus) Immature
Range: AF: Senegal to Liberia, e to Ethiopia and s to Angola and s DR Congo
Bigodi Wetland, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Northern Masked Weaver
Northern Masked Weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) Male
Range: AF: ec
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info

Northern Masked Weaver
Northern Masked Weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus) Male
Range: AF: ec
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern Masked Weaver
Northern Masked Weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus taeniopterus) Female
Range: AF: ec
Lake Baringo, Kenya.  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Bocage's Weaver
Bocage's Weaver (Ploceus temporalis) Male
Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia
Chitunta Plain, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-mantled Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver (Ploceus tricolor tricolor)
Range: AF: w, c
Kakum National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



Southern Masked Weaver
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) Male
Range: AF: s Angola to Mozambique, s to s, e South Africa; also São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Southern Masked Weaver
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) Female
Range: AF: s Angola to Mozambique, s to s, e South Africa; also São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male at nest.

Vitelline Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)
Range: AF: w, c, e
 
 
Photograph by Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak     Copyright and usage info

Vitelline Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus vitellinus) Female
Range: AF: w, c, e
Kedougou, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Weyns's Weaver
Weyns's Weaver (Ploceus weynsi) Male
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo
Mabamba, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Weyns's Weaver
Weyns's Weaver (Ploceus weynsi) Female
Range: AF: Uganda and e DR Congo
Mabamba Swamp, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Holub's Golden Weaver
Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
Range: AF: Gabon to Uganda and Kenya s to n Namibia, n Botswana and e South Africa
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus xanthopterus) Male
Range: AF: s
Divundu, Namibia  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info



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