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List of Weavers of the World, in scientific alphabetical order

List of all weavers below, with links to species pages (where available).
The scientific and English names in this list follows the Handbook of birds of the world Vol 15, except that here Aldabra Fody (*) is kept as a separate species from the Red-headed Fody and this list includes 2 extinct Foudia species.

Weaver Wednesday is a new series started in June 2012 to describe each weaver species on a weekly basis, focusing on distribution, subspecies, and breeding records (read news item about this series here). Click in the last column to see the news item for those species already covered: the WW number shows the sequence in which the species was covered.

No.	Latin	Species	Weaver Wednesday
1	Amblyospiza albifrons	Thick-billed Weaver	WW 8
2	Anaplectes rubriceps	Red-headed Weaver	WW 1
3	Brachycope anomala	Bob-tailed Weaver	WW 14
4	Bubalornis albirostris	White-billed Buffalo-weaver	WW 28
5	Bubalornis niger	Red-billed Buffalo-weaver	WW 5
6	Dinemellia dinemelli	White-headed Buffalo-weaver	WW 13
7	Euplectes afer	Yellow-crowned Bishop (Golden Bishop)	WW 3
8	Euplectes albonotatus	White-winged Widowbird	WW 22
9	Euplectes ardens	Red-collared Widowbird	WW 19
10	Euplectes aureus	Golden-backed Bishop
11	Euplectes axillaris	Fan-tailed Widowbird
12	Euplectes capensis	Yellow Bishop
13	Euplectes diadematus	Fire-fronted Bishop
14	Euplectes franciscanus	Northern Red Bishop
15	Euplectes gierowii	Black Bishop
16	Euplectes hartlaubi	Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird
17	Euplectes hordeaceus	Black-winged Bishop (Fire-crowned Bishop)
18	Euplectes jacksoni	Jackson's Widowbird
19	Euplectes macroura	Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Yellow-backed)
20	Euplectes nigroventris	Zanzibar Bishop	WW 34
21	Euplectes orix	Southern Red Bishop	WW 40
22	Euplectes progne	Long-tailed Widowbird
23	Euplectes psammocromius	Montane Marsh Widowbird
24	Foudia aldabrana	Aldabra Fody
25	Foudia eminentissima	Red-headed Fody (Comoro / Red Forest Fody)
26	Foudia flavicans	Rodrigues Fody
27	Foudia madagascariensis	Red Fody (Madagascar Fody)
28	Foudia omissa	Forest Fody
29	Foudia rubra	Mauritius Fody
30	Foudia sechellarum	Seychelles Fody	WW 4
31	Foudia delloni (extinct)	Reunion Fody
32	Foudia bruante (extinct)	Mordore
33	Histurgops ruficauda	Rufous-tailed Weaver	WW 15
34	Malimbus ballmanni	Gola Malimbe
35	Malimbus cassini	Cassin's Malimbe
36	Malimbus coronatus	Red-crowned Malimbe
37	Malimbus erythrogaster	Red-bellied Malimbe
38	Malimbus ibadanensis	Ibadan Malimbe
39	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe
40	Malimbus nitens	Blue-billed Malimbe	WW 12
41	Malimbus racheliae	Rachel's Malimbe
42	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe
43	Malimbus scutatus	Red-vented Malimbe	WW 46
44	Pachyphantes superciliosus	Compact Weaver	WW 9
45	Philetairus socius	Sociable Weaver	WW 16
46	Plocepasser donaldsoni	Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-weaver	WW 37
47	Plocepasser mahali	White-browed Sparrow-weaver	WW 2
48	Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-weaver
49	Plocepasser superciliosus	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver	WW 31
50	Ploceus albinucha	Maxwell's Black Weaver
51	Ploceus alienus	Strange Weaver	WW 29
52	Ploceus angolensis	Bar-winged Weaver
53	Ploceus aurantius	Orange Weaver
54	Ploceus aureonucha	Golden-naped Weaver
55	Ploceus badius	Cinnamon Weaver
56	Ploceus baglafecht	Baglafecht Weaver
57	Ploceus bannermani	Bannerman's Weaver
58	Ploceus batesi	Bates's Weaver
59	Ploceus benghalensis	Black-breasted Weaver (Bengal Weaver)
60	Ploceus bertrandi	Bertram's Weaver
61	Ploceus bicolor	Dark-backed Weaver	WW 35
62	Ploceus bojeri	Golden Palm Weaver	WW 45
63	Ploceus burnieri	Kilombero Weaver	WW 18
64	Ploceus capensis	Cape Weaver	WW 32
65	Ploceus castaneiceps	Taveta Golden Weaver	WW 36
66	Ploceus castanops	Northern Brown-throated Weaver
67	Ploceus cucullatus	Village Weaver
68	Ploceus dichrocephalus	Juba Weaver
69	Ploceus dorsomaculatus	Yellow-capped Weaver
70	Ploceus flavipes	Yellow-legged Weaver
71	Ploceus galbula	Rüppell's Weaver	WW 17
72	Ploceus golandi	Clarke's Weaver
73	Ploceus grandis	Giant Weaver
74	Ploceus heuglini	Heuglin's Masked Weaver
75	Ploceus hypoxanthus	Asian Golden Weaver	WW 39
76	Ploceus insignis	Brown-capped Weaver
77	Ploceus intermedius	Lesser Masked Weaver	WW 20
78	Ploceus jacksoni	Golden-backed Weaver	WW 47
79	Ploceus katangae	Katanga Masked Weaver
80	Ploceus luteolus	Little Weaver
81	Ploceus manyar	Streaked Weaver
82	Ploceus megarhynchus	Finn's Weaver
83	Ploceus melanocephalus	Black-headed Weaver
84	Ploceus melanogaster	Black-billed Weaver
85	Ploceus nelicourvi	Nelicourvi Weaver	WW 21
86	Ploceus nicolli	Usambara Weaver
87	Ploceus nigerrimus	Vieillot's Black Weaver	WW 27
88	Ploceus nigricollis	Black-necked Weaver
89	Ploceus nigrimentus	Black-chinned Weaver	WW 42
90	Ploceus ocularis	Spectacled Weaver	WW 24
91	Ploceus olivaceiceps	Olive-headed Weaver
92	Ploceus pelzelni	Slender-billed Weaver	WW 41
93	Ploceus philippinus	Baya Weaver
94	Ploceus preussi	Preuss's Weaver
95	Ploceus princeps	Principe Golden Weaver
96	Ploceus reichardi	Tanganyika Masked Weaver
97	Ploceus rubiginosus	Chestnut Weaver	WW 26
98	Ploceus ruweti	Lufira Masked Weaver
99	Ploceus sakalava	Sakalava Weaver	WW 30
100	Ploceus sanctithomae	Sao Tome Weaver
101	Ploceus spekei	Speke's Weaver	WW 44
102	Ploceus spekeoides	Fox's Weaver
103	Ploceus subaureus	African Golden Weaver (Yellow Weaver)	WW 23
104	Ploceus subpersonatus	Loanga Weaver
105	Ploceus taeniopterus	Northern Masked Weaver
106	Ploceus temporalis	Bocage's Weaver
107	Ploceus tricolor	Yellow-mantled Weaver
108	Ploceus velatus	Southern Masked Weaver	WW 10
109	Ploceus vitellinus	Vitelline Masked Weaver
110	Ploceus weynsi	Weyns's Weaver
111	Ploceus xanthops	Holub's Golden Weaver	WW 33
112	Ploceus xanthopterus	Southern Brown-throated Weaver	WW 38
113	Pseudonigrita arnaudi	Grey-headed Social-weaver	WW 25
114	Pseudonigrita cabanisi	Black-capped Social-weaver	WW 6
115	Quelea cardinalis	Cardinal Quelea
116	Quelea erythrops	Red-headed Quelea
117	Quelea quelea	Red-billed Quelea	WW 11
118	Sporopipes frontalis	Speckle-fronted Weaver	WW 43
119	Sporopipes squamifrons	Scaly-feathered Finch	WW 7

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