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Common name |
Scientific name |
Distribution
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Baglafecht weaver |
Ploceus baglafecht |
eastern and central Africa
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Bannerman's weaver |
Ploceus bannermani |
Cameroon and Nigeria.
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Bates's weaver |
Ploceus batesi |
Cameroon.
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Black-chinned weaver |
Ploceus nigrimentus |
Bailundu Highlands of western Angola, on the Batéké Plateau in Republic of the Congo, and in eastern Gabon.
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Bertram's weaver |
Ploceus bertrandi |
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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Slender-billed weaver |
Ploceus pelzelni |
western Africa.
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Loango weaver |
Ploceus subpersonatus |
Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
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Little weaver |
Ploceus luteolus |
western, central and eastern Africa.
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Spectacled weaver |
Ploceus ocularis |
central, eastern and south-eastern Africa
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Black-necked weaver |
Ploceus nigricollis |
tropical Africa from Senegal and northern Angola to South Sudan and Tanzania.
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Olive-naped weaver |
Ploceus brachypterus |
West Africa from Senegal and Gambia to Camaroon..
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Strange weaver |
Ploceus alienus |
Albertine Rift montane forests.
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Black-billed weaver |
Ploceus melanogaster |
central Africa.
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Cape weaver |
Ploceus capensis |
southern Africa.
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Bocage's weaver |
Ploceus temporalis |
Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia.
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Eastern golden weaver |
Ploceus subaureus |
eastern and south-eastern Africa.
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Holub's golden weaver |
Ploceus xanthops |
Gabon to Uganda and Kenya, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern South Africa
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Orange weaver |
Ploceus aurantius |
western and central Africa.
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Heuglin's masked weaver |
Ploceus heuglini |
Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast and east to Uganda and western Kenya.
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Golden palm weaver |
Ploceus bojeri |
eastern Africa.
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Taveta weaver |
Ploceus castaneiceps |
African Savannah in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Príncipe weaver |
Ploceus princeps |
São Tomé and Príncipe
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Northern brown-throated weaver |
Ploceus castanops |
Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.
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Southern brown-throated weaver |
Ploceus xanthopterus |
southern Africa.
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Ruvu weaver |
Ploceus holoxanthus |
eastern Africa.
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Kilombero weaver |
Ploceus burnieri |
Tanzania.
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Rüppell's weaver |
Ploceus galbula |
Sudan to Somalia and extreme northern Kenya.
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Northern masked weaver |
Ploceus taeniopterus |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan.
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Lesser masked weaver |
Ploceus intermedius |
eastern, south-eastern and southern Africa.
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Southern masked weaver |
Ploceus velatus |
southern Africa.
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Katanga masked weaver |
Ploceus katangae |
south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia.
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Lufira masked weaver |
Ploceus ruweti |
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Tanzanian masked weaver |
Ploceus reichardi |
south-western Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia.
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Vitelline masked weaver |
Ploceus vitellinus |
western, central and eastern Africa.
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Speke's weaver |
Ploceus spekei |
northern and eastern Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and north-eastern Tanzania
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Fox's weaver |
Ploceus spekeoides |
Uganda.
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Village weaver |
Ploceus cucullatus |
Sub-Saharan Africa; introduced to Hispaniola, Dominica, Mauritius and Réunion.
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Giant weaver |
Ploceus grandis |
São Tomé Island.
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Chestnut-and-black weaver |
Ploceus castaneofuscus |
western and central Africa
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Vieillot's black weaver |
Ploceus nigerrimus |
West Africa
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Weyns's weaver |
Ploceus weynsi |
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania.
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Clarke's weaver |
Ploceus golandi |
Kenya.
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Juba weaver |
Ploceus dichrocephalus |
Horn of Africa.
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Black-headed weaver |
Ploceus melanocephalus |
West, Central, and East Africa
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Golden-backed weaver |
Ploceus jacksoni |
Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Cinnamon weaver |
Ploceus badius |
Sudan and South Sudan
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Chestnut weaver |
Ploceus rubiginosus |
eastern and south-western Africa.
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Golden-naped weaver |
Ploceus aureonucha |
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Yellow-mantled weaver |
Ploceus tricolor |
African tropical rainforest.
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Maxwell's black weaver |
Ploceus albinucha |
African tropical rainforest.
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Nelicourvi weaver |
Ploceus nelicourvi |
Madagascar
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Sakalava weaver |
Ploceus sakalava |
Madagascar.
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Asian golden weaver |
Ploceus hypoxanthus |
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Compact weaver |
Ploceus superciliosus |
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
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Black-breasted weaver |
Ploceus benghalensis |
South Asia
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Streaked weaver |
Ploceus manyar |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
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Baya weaver |
Ploceus philippinus |
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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Finn's weaver |
Ploceus megarhynchus |
India and Nepal
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Dark-backed weaver |
Ploceus bicolor |
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Preuss's weaver |
Ploceus preussi |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
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Yellow-capped weaver |
Ploceus dorsomaculatus |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
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Olive-headed weaver |
Ploceus olivaceiceps |
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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Usambara weaver |
Ploceus nicolli |
Tanzania.
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Brown-capped weaver |
Ploceus insignis |
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Bar-winged weaver |
Ploceus angolensis |
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
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São Tomé weaver |
Ploceus sanctithomae |
São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Yellow-legged weaver |
Ploceus flavipes |
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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