Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (117 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Order
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
| - PASSERIFORMES |
| Aldabra Fody (EN) i | Ploceidae | Foudia aldabrana | AF | Aldabra Island |
| 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 DRCongo 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 U | 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 | w, 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 DRCongo s to n Angola |
| Bob-tailed Weaver i | Ploceidae | Brachycope anomala | AF | se Cameroon and s Central African Republic through PR Congo and DRCongo |
| Bocage's Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus temporalis | AF | Angola, s DRCongo and n Zambia |
| Brown-capped Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus insignis | AF | e Nigeria and w Cameroon; w Angola; s South Sudan to e DRCongo 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 DRCongo |
| Chestnut Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus rubiginosus | AF | e, sw |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver i | Ploceidae | Plocepasser rufoscapulatus | AF | Angola and s DRCongo 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 DRCongo |
| 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 (VU) 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 | Madagascar |
| Fox's Weaver (NT) i | Ploceidae | Ploceus spekeoides | AF | Uganda |
| Giant Weaver (NT) i | Ploceidae | Ploceus grandis | AF | São Tomé |
| Gola Malimbe (EN) 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 |
| Golden-backed Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus jacksoni | AF | s South Sudan to Tanzania |
| Golden-naped Weaver (EN) i | Ploceidae | Ploceus aureonucha | AF | DRCongo |
| 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 | 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 H29137Congo and DRCongo |
| Long-tailed Widowbird i | Ploceidae | Euplectes progne | AF | e, sc |
| Lufira Masked Weaver (DD) i | Ploceidae | Ploceus ruweti | AF | DRCongo |
| Marsh Widowbird i | Ploceidae | Euplectes hartlaubi | AF | c |
| Mauritius Fody (EN) i | Ploceidae | Foudia rubra | IO | Mauritius |
| 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 | Madagascar |
| Northern Brown-throated Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus castanops | AF | Uganda and e DRCongo 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 |
| 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 DRCongo |
| Principe Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus princeps | AF | Príncipe |
| Rachel's Malimbe i U | Ploceidae | Malimbus racheliae | AF | se Nigeria to c Gabon |
| Red Fody i | Ploceidae | Foudia madagascariensis | AF | Madagascar region |
| Red-bellied Malimbe i | Ploceidae | Malimbus erythrogaster | AF | se Nigeria to PR Congo and e to Uganda and e DRCongo |
| 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 | w, c, e, s |
| Red-crowned Malimbe i U | Ploceidae | Malimbus coronatus | AF | Cameroon to e DRCongo |
| 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 Island |
| Rueppell's Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus galbula | AF | Sudan to Somalia and extreme n Kenya; also sw Arabian Pen. |
| Rufous-tailed Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Histurgops ruficauda | AF | Tanzania |
| Sakalava Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus sakalava | AF | Madagascar |
| Sao Tome Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus sanctithomae | AF | São Tomé |
| Scaly-feathered Weaver i | Ploceidae | Sporopipes squamifrons | AF | s |
| Seychelles Fody (NT) i | Ploceidae | Foudia sechellarum | IO | Seychelles Is. |
| 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 |
| Southern Red Bishop i | Ploceidae | Euplectes orix | AF | s, e DRCongo 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 DRCongo, 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 (EN) i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus nicolli | AF | Tanzania |
| Vieillot's Black Weaver i | Ploceidae | Ploceus nigerrimus | AF | w, c |
| 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 DRCongo |
| 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 DRCongo |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop i | Ploceidae | Euplectes afer | AF | w, c, e, s |
| Yellow-legged Weaver (VU) i | Ploceidae | Ploceus flavipes | AF | DRCongo |
| Yellow-mantled Weaver i U | Ploceidae | Ploceus tricolor | AF | w, c |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird i U | Ploceidae | Euplectes macroura | AF | w, c, e, se |
| Zanzibar Red Bishop i | Ploceidae | Euplectes nigroventris | AF | se Kenya to s Tanzania and ec Mozambique |
43% 51 species of 117 (0 extinct).
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| 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.
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| 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) |
| EU | 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 |
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