Ploceidae

• Amblyospiza
• Anaplectes
• Bubalornis
• Dinemellia
• Euplectes
• Foudia
• Malimbus
• Ploceus
• Quelea
• Brachycope
• Buchanga
• Penthetria
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

  A bird of grassland and wetland edges that weaves hanging nests from plant fibres.

• Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus

  The Village Weaver is a bird whose breeding males split leaves and bark into strips and weave hanging nests. It occurs across Africa outside desert regions.

• Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea

  A small weaver that mainly eats grass seeds in African semiarid grasslands and savannas. Breeding males develop conspicuous facial markings.

• Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer

  The Yellow-crowned Bishop is a small bird of grasslands and wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa. It mainly eats seeds, and breeding males puff out yellow back feathers and call.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens

  This widowbird inhabits grasslands and other open areas south of the Sahara. The breeding male is striking, with a black body, red collar, and elongated tail feathers.

• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

  This bird lives in moist grassland. The breeding male has a long tail, while females and males outside the breeding season are brown and streaked.

• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar

  A weaver of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, the Streaked Weaver may gather in flocks in grassy habitats.

• Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula

  Rüppell's Weaver lives in dry parts of the Horn of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula and often searches for food in groups.

• Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris

  Breeding males are black, with red shoulders and a long tail. Outside the breeding season, males and females are browner, and the birds feed on grass seeds and other foods.

• Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi

  This weaver lives around highland forest edges, and males and females differ in the black pattern on the crown.

• Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis

  This small Malagasy bird's male turns vermilion during the breeding season. It hangs a ball-shaped nest woven from leaves high in a tree.