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).