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 59 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus (A)
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda (E)
- Gray-headed Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- 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
- African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri
- Taveta Golden-Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri (E)
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Lufira Masked-Weaver Ploceus reichardi (E)
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli (E)
- Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Zanzibar Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- 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
- Buff-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes psammocromius
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania
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