List of weaverbird species

Weavers, widowbirds, and allies form the family Ploceidae. The International Ornithological Committee recognizes these 122 species; 67 of them are in genus Ploceus and the rest are distributed among 14 other genera.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name + authority	IOC sequence
White-billed buffalo weaver	Bubalornis albirostris	1
Red-billed buffalo weaver	Bubalornis niger Smith, A, 1836	2
White-headed buffalo weaver	Dinemellia dinemelli	3
White-browed sparrow-weaver	Plocepasser mahali Smith, A, 1836	4
Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver	Plocepasser superciliosus	5
Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver	Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895	6
Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver	Plocepasser rufoscapulatus Büttikofer, 1888	7
Rufous-tailed weaver	Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887	8
Grey-capped social weaver	Pseudonigrita arnaudi	9
Black-capped social weaver	Pseudonigrita cabanisi	10
Sociable weaver	Philetairus socius	11
Scaly-feathered weaver	Sporopipes squamifrons	12
Speckle-fronted weaver	Sporopipes frontalis	13
Thick-billed weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	14
Baglafecht weaver	Ploceus baglafecht	15
Bannerman's weaver	Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932	16
Bates's weaver	Ploceus batesi	17
Black-chinned weaver	Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904	18
Bertram's weaver	Ploceus bertrandi	19
Slender-billed weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	20
Loango weaver	Ploceus subpersonatus	21
Little weaver	Ploceus luteolus	22
Spectacled weaver	Ploceus ocularis Smith, A, 1828	23
Olive-naped weaver	Ploceus brachypterus Swainson, 1837	24
Black-necked weaver	Ploceus nigricollis	25
Strange weaver	Ploceus alienus	26
Black-billed weaver	Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887	27
Cape weaver	Ploceus capensis	28
Bocage's weaver	Ploceus temporalis	29
Eastern golden weaver	Ploceus subaureus Smith, A, 1839	30
Holub's golden weaver	Ploceus xanthops	31
Orange weaver	Ploceus aurantius	32
Heuglin's masked weaver	Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886	33
Golden palm weaver	Ploceus bojeri	34
Taveta weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps	35
Principe weaver	Ploceus princeps	36
Northern brown-throated weaver	Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888	37
Southern brown-throated weaver	Ploceus xanthopterus	38
Ruvu weaver	Ploceus holoxanthus Hartlaub, 1891	39
Kilombero weaver	Ploceus burnieri Baker, NE & Baker, EM, 1990	40
Rüppell's weaver	Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840	41
Northern masked weaver	Ploceus taeniopterus	42
Lesser masked weaver	Ploceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845	43
Southern masked weaver	Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819	44
Katanga masked weaver	Ploceus katangae	45
Lufira masked weaver	Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982	46
Tanzanian masked weaver	Ploceus reichardi Reichenow, 1886	47
Vitelline masked weaver	Ploceus vitellinus	48
Speke's weaver	Ploceus spekei	49
Fox's weaver	Ploceus spekeoides Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1947	50
Village weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	51
Giant weaver	Ploceus grandis	52
Chestnut-and-black weaver	Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840	53
Vieillot's black weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819	54
Weyns's weaver	Ploceus weynsi	55
Kilifi weaver	Ploceus golandi	56
Juba weaver	Ploceus dichrocephalus	57
Black-headed weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	58
Golden-backed weaver	Ploceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888	59
Cinnamon weaver	Ploceus badius	60
Chestnut weaver	Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840	61
Golden-naped weaver	Ploceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920	62
Yellow-mantled weaver	Ploceus tricolor	63
Maxwell's black weaver	Ploceus albinucha	64
Nelicourvi weaver	Ploceus nelicourvi	65
Sakalava weaver	Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861	66
Asian golden weaver	Ploceus hypoxanthus	67
Compact weaver	Ploceus superciliosus	68
Black-breasted weaver	Ploceus benghalensis	69
Streaked weaver	Ploceus manyar	70
Baya weaver	Ploceus philippinus	71
Finn's weaver	Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869	72
Dark-backed weaver	Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819	73
Preuss's weaver	Ploceus preussi	74
Yellow-capped weaver	Ploceus dorsomaculatus	75
Olive-headed weaver	Ploceus olivaceiceps	76
Usambara weaver	Ploceus nicolli Sclater, WL, 1931	77
Brown-capped weaver	Ploceus insignis	78
Bar-winged weaver	Ploceus angolensis	79
Sao Tome weaver	Ploceus sanctithomae	80
Yellow-legged weaver	Ploceus flavipes	81
Red-crowned malimbe	Malimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906	82
Cassin's malimbe	Malimbus cassini	83
Rachel's malimbe	Malimbus racheliae	84
Gola malimbe	Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974	85
Red-vented malimbe	Malimbus scutatus	86
Ibadan malimbe	Malimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 1958	87
Blue-billed malimbe	Malimbus nitens	88
Red-headed malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis	89
Red-bellied malimbe	Malimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 1893	90
Crested malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus	91
Red-headed weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps	92
Red weaver	Anaplectes jubaensis Van Someren, 1920	93
Cardinal quelea	Quelea cardinalis	94
Red-headed quelea	Quelea erythrops	95
Red-billed quelea	Quelea quelea	96
Red fody	Foudia madagascariensis	97
Comoros fody	Foudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 1850	98
Aldabra fody	Foudia aldabrana Ridgway, 1893	99
Forest fody	Foudia omissa Rothschild, 1912	100
Mauritius fody	Foudia rubra	101
Seychelles fody	Foudia sechellarum Newton, E, 1867	102
Rodrigues fody	Foudia flavicans Newton, A, 1865	103
Bob-tailed weaver	Brachycope anomala	104
Yellow-crowned bishop	Euplectes afer	105
Fire-fronted bishop	Euplectes diadematus Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1878	106
Black bishop	Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880	107
Zanzibar red bishop	Euplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848	108
Black-winged red bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus	109
Southern red bishop	Euplectes orix	110
Northern red bishop	Euplectes franciscanus	111
Golden-backed bishop	Euplectes aureus	112
Yellow bishop	Euplectes capensis	113
Fan-tailed widowbird	Euplectes axillaris	114
Yellow-mantled widowbird	Euplectes macroura	115
Marsh widowbird	Euplectes hartlaubi	116
Montane widowbird	Euplectes psammacromius	117
White-winged widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus	118
Red-collared widowbird	Euplectes ardens	119
Red-cowled widowbird	Euplectes laticauda	120
Long-tailed widowbird	Euplectes progne	121
Jackson's widowbird	Euplectes jacksoni	122