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 28 species which occur in Rwanda.
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- 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
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- 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
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Rwanda
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