Weavers and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide and 47 species which occur in Angola.
- White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Scaly Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Social Weaver Philetairus socius
- Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentum
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Loango Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus
- Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Black-throated Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- Gray's Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes macrourus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Angola
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