117 species of weavers and allies around the world, from the Southern Masked Weaver to the Red Weaver. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Speke's WeaverPloceus spekei
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis
Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi
Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
Black-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Taveta WeaverPloceus castaneiceps
Zanzibar Red BishopEuplectes nigroventris
Forest FodyFoudia omissa
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoni
Strange WeaverPloceus alienus
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoni
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae
Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
Bannerman's WeaverPloceus bannermani
Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
Mauritius FodyFoudia rubra
Principe WeaverPloceus princeps
Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarum
Giant WeaverPloceus grandis
Bertram's WeaverPloceus bertrandi
Kilifi WeaverPloceus golandi
Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini- Montane WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromius
Fire-fronted BishopEuplectes diadematus
Golden-backed BishopEuplectes aureus
Fox's WeaverPloceus spekeoides
Usambara WeaverPloceus nicolli
Comoro FodyFoudia eminentissima
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus
Olive-headed WeaverPloceus olivaceiceps- Bob-tailed WeaverBrachycope anomala
Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster
Ruvu WeaverPloceus holoxanthus
Juba WeaverPloceus dichrocephalus
Rachel's MalimbeMalimbus racheliae
Katanga Masked WeaverPloceus katangae
Kilombero WeaverPloceus burnieriBar-winged WeaverPloceus angolensis
Rodrigues FodyFoudia flavicans- Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentus
Loango WeaverPloceus subpersonatus
Aldabra FodyFoudia aldabranaIbadan MalimbeMalimbus ibadanensis
- Bocage's WeaverPloceus temporalis
Tanzanian Masked WeaverPloceus reichardi
- Gola MalimbeMalimbus ballmanni
- Golden-naped WeaverPloceus aureonucha
- Yellow-capped WeaverPloceus dorsomaculatus
- Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badius
Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchus
Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensis
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Yellow-legged Weaver (Ploceus flavipes) · Bates's Weaver (Ploceus batesi) · Lufira Masked Weaver (Ploceus ruweti) · Compact Weaver (Pachyphantes superciliosus) · Red-cowled Widowbird (Euplectes laticauda)