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 64 species which occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the greatest diversity of weavers of any country.
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentum
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Loango Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus
- 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
- Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Heuglin's Masked-Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Northern Masked-Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Lake Lufira Weaver Ploceus ruweti (E)
- Katanga Masked-Weaver Ploceus katangae
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Golden-naped Weaver Ploceus aureonucha (E)
- 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
- Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Yellow-legged Weaver Ploceus flavipes (E)
- Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
- Black-throated Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- 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
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- 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
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Buff-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes psammocromius
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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