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 35 species which occur in Zambia.
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis
- Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Katanga Masked-Weaver Ploceus katangae
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
- Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- 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 Zambia
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