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 29 species which occur in Burundi.
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Heuglin's Masked-Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Orange Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes macrourus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burundi
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