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 45 species which occur in Cameroon.
- White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani (E)
- Bates's Weaver Ploceus batesi (E)
- 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
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Heuglin's Masked-Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Yellow-capped Weaver Ploceus dorsomaculatus
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
- Black-throated Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster
- Gray's Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Bob-tailed Weaver Brachycope anomala
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Orange Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes macrourus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Cameroon
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