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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (122 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - PASSERIFORMES   Aldabra Fody (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Foudia aldabrana  AF Aldabra (formerly also Assumption, Cosmoledo and Astove; Aldabra group, sw Seychelles)  Asian Golden Weaver (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus hypoxanthus  OR Myanmar to Java  Baglafecht Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus baglafecht  AF c, e, se  Bannerman's Weaver (VU)  i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus bannermani  AF Nigeria, Cameroon  Bar-winged Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus angolensis  AF Angola, s DR Congo and Zambia  Bates's Weaver (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus batesi  AF Cameroon  Baya Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus philippinus  OR widespread  Bertram's Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus bertrandi  AF n Zambia and c Tanzania through Malawi to n Mozambique  Black Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes gierowii  AF ec, e, se  Black-billed Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus melanogaster  AF c  Black-breasted Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus benghalensis  OR Pakistan to sc China  Black-capped Social Weaver i    Ploceidae    Pseudonigrita cabanisi  AF Ethiopia and Somalia to ne Tanzania  Black-chinned Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus nigrimentus  AF e Gabon, the PR Congo and c Angola  Black-headed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus melanocephalus  AF w, c, ec  Black-necked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus nigricollis  AF c, e  Black-winged Red Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes hordeaceus  AF w, c, e, se  Blue-billed Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus nitens  AF Senegal and Gambia to Liberia and e to Uganda and e DR Congo s to n Angola  Bob-tailed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Brachycope anomala  AF se Cameroon and s Central African Republic through PR Congo and DR Congo  Bocage's Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus temporalis  AF Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia  Brown-capped Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus insignis  AF e Nigeria and w Cameroon; w Angola; s South Sudan to e DR Congo and w, n Tanzania  Cape Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus capensis  AF South Africa  Cardinal Quelea i    Ploceidae    Quelea cardinalis  AF e, ec  Cassin's Malimbe i    Ploceidae    Malimbus cassini  AF Cameroon to w, e DR Congo  Chestnut Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus rubiginosus  AF e, sw  Chestnut-and-black Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus castaneofuscus  AF Sierra Leone to s Nigeria  Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver i    Ploceidae    Plocepasser rufoscapulatus  AF Angola and s DR Congo to Zambia and Malawi  Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver i    Ploceidae    Plocepasser superciliosus  AF Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea, Ethiopia and w Kenya  Cinnamon Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus badius  AF Sudan and South Sudan  Clarke's Weaver (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus golandi  AF Kenya  Comoros Fody i    Ploceidae    Foudia eminentissima  AF Comoros  Compact Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus superciliosus  AF Senegal to Liberia, e to Ethiopia and s to Angola and s DR Congo  Crested Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus malimbicus  AF w, c  Dark-backed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus bicolor  AF widespread  Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Plocepasser donaldsoni  AF s Ethiopia to c Kenya and s Somalia  Eastern Golden Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus subaureus  AF e, se  Fan-tailed Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes axillaris  AF c, e, se  Finn's Weaver (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus megarhynchus  OR n India, Nepal and s Bhutan  Fire-fronted Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes diadematus  AF c Somalia through Kenya to ne Tanzania  Forest Fody i    Ploceidae    Foudia omissa  AF nw, e Madagascar  Fox's Weaver (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus spekeoides  AF Uganda  Giant Weaver (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus grandis  AF São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)  Gola Malimbe (NT)  i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus ballmanni  AF e Sierra Leone through Liberia to Ivory Coast  Golden Palm Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus bojeri  AF e  Golden-backed Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes aureus  AF Angola and São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)  Golden-backed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus jacksoni  AF s South Sudan to Tanzania  Golden-naped Weaver (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus aureonucha  AF DR Congo  Grey-capped Social Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Pseudonigrita arnaudi  AF ec, e  Heuglin's Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus heuglini  AF Senegal and Gambia; Mali to the Ivory Coast and e to Uganda and w Kenya  Holub's Golden Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus xanthops  AF Gabon to Uganda and Kenya s to n Namibia, n Botswana and e South Africa  Ibadan Malimbe (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Malimbus ibadanensis  AF Nigeria  Jackson's Widowbird (NT)  i U    Ploceidae    Euplectes jacksoni  AF w, c Kenya to n Tanzania  Juba Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus dichrocephalus  AF c Ethiopia, extreme n Kenya and s Somalia  Katanga Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus katangae  AF sc  Kilombero Weaver (VU)  i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus burnieri  AF w Tanzania  Lesser Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus intermedius  AF e, se, s  Little Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus luteolus  AF w, c, e  Loango Weaver (VU)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus subpersonatus  AF coastal Gabon, PR Congo and DR Congo  Long-tailed Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes progne  AF e, sc  Lufira Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus ruweti  AF DR Congo  Marsh Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes hartlaubi  AF c  Mauritius Fody (EN)  i    Ploceidae    Foudia rubra  IO Mauritius; introduced Ile aux Aigrettes (just sw of Mauritius; c Mascarenes)  Maxwell's Black Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus albinucha  AF w, c  Montane Widowbird i U    Ploceidae    Euplectes psammacromius  AF c Tanzania to ne Zambia and n Malawi  Nelicourvi Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus nelicourvi  AF n, e Madagascar  Northern Brown-throated Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus castanops  AF Uganda and e DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania  Northern Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus taeniopterus  AF ec  Northern Red Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes franciscanus  AF w, c, e  Olive-headed Weaver (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus olivaceiceps  AF Tanzania, e Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique  Olive-naped Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus brachypterus  AF Senegal and Gambia to w Cameroon  Orange Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus aurantius  AF w, c  Preuss's Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus preussi  AF Guinea to Ghana, Cameroon to Gabon, e DR Congo  Principe Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus princeps  AF Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)  Rachel's Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus racheliae  AF se Nigeria to c Gabon  Red Fody i    Ploceidae    Foudia madagascariensis  AF Madagascar; introduced (possibly naturally) widely elsewhere in region, including Comoros, Seychelles and Mascarenes  Red Weaver i    Ploceidae    Anaplectes jubaensis  AF s Somalia and ne Kenya  Red-bellied Malimbe i    Ploceidae    Malimbus erythrogaster  AF se Nigeria to PR Congo and e to Uganda and e DR Congo  Red-billed Buffalo Weaver i    Ploceidae    Bubalornis niger  AF e, se, s  Red-billed Quelea i    Ploceidae    Quelea quelea  AF widespread  Red-collared Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes ardens  AF Sierra Leone to Uganda, sw Sudan, nw, s Tanzania s to e South Africa  Red-cowled Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes laticauda  AF Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia to c Kenya and n Tanzania  Red-crowned Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus coronatus  AF Cameroon to e DR Congo  Red-headed Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus rubricollis  AF w, c  Red-headed Quelea i U    Ploceidae    Quelea erythrops  AF Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and s to e South Africa  Red-headed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Anaplectes rubriceps  AF widespread  Red-vented Malimbe i U    Ploceidae    Malimbus scutatus  AF w  Rodrigues Fody (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Foudia flavicans  IO Rodrigues (e Mascarenes)  Rueppell's Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus galbula  AF Sudan to Somalia and extreme n Kenya; also sw Arabian Pen.  Rufous-tailed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Histurgops ruficauda  AF Tanzania  Ruvu Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus holoxanthus  AF e Tanzania  Sakalava Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus sakalava  AF nw, w, s Madagascar  Sao Tome Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus sanctithomae  AF São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)  Scaly-feathered Weaver i    Ploceidae    Sporopipes squamifrons  AF s  Seychelles Fody (NT)  i    Ploceidae    Foudia sechellarum  IO Cousin, Cousine, Frégate and Aride (Inner Is., ne Seychelles)  Slender-billed Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus pelzelni  AF c, w  Sociable Weaver i    Ploceidae    Philetairus socius  AF Namibia to Botswana and South Africa  Southern Brown-throated Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus xanthopterus  AF s  Southern Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus velatus  AF s Angola to Mozambique, s to s, e South Africa; also São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)  Southern Red Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes orix  AF s, e DR Congo and sw Kenya to Mozambique, Angola, w Zambia, n Botswana, Namibia and South Africa  Speckle-fronted Weaver i    Ploceidae    Sporopipes frontalis  AF w, c, e  Spectacled Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus ocularis  AF c, e, se  Speke's Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus spekei  AF Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania  Strange Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus alienus  AF sw Uganda, e DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi  Streaked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus manyar  OR widespread  Tanzanian Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus reichardi  AF Tanzania and ne Zambia  Taveta Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus castaneiceps  AF Kenya and Tanzania  Thick-billed Weaver i    Ploceidae    Amblyospiza albifrons  AF widespread  Usambara Weaver (NT)  i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus nicolli  AF Tanzania  Vieillot's Black Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus nigerrimus  AF se Nigeria to s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, w Tanzania, s DR Congo and Angola  Village Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus cucullatus  AF widespread  Vitelline Masked Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus vitellinus  AF w, c, e  Weyns's Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus weynsi  AF Uganda and e DR Congo  White-billed Buffalo Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Bubalornis albirostris  AF Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and w Kenya  White-browed Sparrow-Weaver i    Ploceidae    Plocepasser mahali  AF e, s  White-headed Buffalo Weaver i    Ploceidae    Dinemellia dinemelli  AF e, ec  White-winged Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes albonotatus  AF wc, e, sc  Yellow Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes capensis  AF c, e, s  Yellow-capped Weaver i    Ploceidae    Ploceus dorsomaculatus  AF Cameroon to Central African Republic, Gabon and PR Congo; e DR Congo  Yellow-crowned Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes afer  AF w, c, e, s  Yellow-legged Weaver (VU)  i    Ploceidae    Ploceus flavipes  AF DR Congo  Yellow-mantled Weaver i U    Ploceidae    Ploceus tricolor  AF w, c  Yellow-mantled Widowbird i    Ploceidae    Euplectes macroura  AF w, c, e, se  Zanzibar Red Bishop i    Ploceidae    Euplectes nigroventris  AF se Kenya to s Tanzania and ec Mozambique 48%   59 species of 122 (0 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide