List of Weavers of the World
| The A to Z of weavers: Aldabra Fody to Zanzibar Bishop There are 117 living species of weavers globally (family Ploceidae). You can read a species text on the basic biology of every weaver species. Each species text has at least one illustration of the bird, and sometimes more, and a distribution map. Many species texts also illustrate the nest. Read about the Weaver Wednesday series here. |
List of all living weavers below, with links to species pages
The scientific and English names, and Taxonomic sequence, in this list follows the Birds of the Malagasy region under Taxonomic order. The list below also contains the Ruvu Weaver, recently accepted as a separate species.
Described – the year that the species was first described.
| Species Code | Common Name | Scientific Name | Described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3763 | Aldabra Fody | Foudia aldabrana | 1893 |
| 4184 | Asian Golden Weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus | 1788 |
| 476 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | 1802 |
| 3894 | Bannerman’s Weaver | Ploceus bannermani | 1932 |
| 795 | Bar-winged Weaver | Ploceus angolensis | 1878 |
| 3896 | Bates’s Weaver | Ploceus batesi | 1908 |
| 4186 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | 1766 |
| 798 | Bertram’s Weaver | Ploceus bertrandi | 1893 |
| 3750 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | 1880 |
| 1151 | Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | 1887 |
| 3954 | Black-capped Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | 1884 |
| 3928 | Black-chinned Weaver | Ploceus nigrimentus | 1904 |
| 1187 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | 1837 |
| 4183 | Black-throated Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | 1758 |
| 809 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | 1758 |
| 3806 | Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | 1831 |
| 3716 | Bob-tailed Weaver | Brachycope anomala | 1887 |
| 3942 | Bocage’s Weaver | Ploceus temporalis | 1880 |
| 1150 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | 1891 |
| 799 | Cape Weaver [updated 10 Aug 2023] | Ploceus capensis | 1766 |
| 807 | Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | 1880 |
| 3796 | Cassin’s Malimbe | Malimbus cassini | 1859 |
| 796 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | 1840 |
| 3878 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | 1827 |
| 782 | Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser rufoscapulatus | 1888 |
| 3892 | Cinnamon Weaver | Ploceus badius | 1850 |
| 3912 | Clarke’s Weaver | Ploceus golandi | 1913 |
| 1069 | Comoro Fody | Foudia eminentissima | 1850 |
| 3830 | Compact Weaver [updated 16/10/2023] | Pachyphantes superciliosus | 1873 |
| 3804 | Crested Malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus | 1802 |
| 790 | Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | 1819 |
| 3876 | Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | 1895 |
| 800 | Eastern Golden Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | 1839 |
| 816 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | 1838 |
| 4185 | Finn’s Weaver | Ploceus megarhynchus | 1869 |
| 3746 | Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus | 1869 |
| 3764 | Forest Fody | Foudia omissa | 1885 |
| 3936 | Fox’s Weaver [updated 8 Aug 2023] | Ploceus spekeoides | 1947 |
| 1149 | Giant Weaver | Ploceus grandis | 1844 |
| 3794 | Gola Malimbe | Malimbus ballmanni | 1974 |
| 3898 | Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri | 1869 |
| 1179 | Golden-backed Bishop | Euplectes aureus | 1789 |
| 3916 | Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | 1888 |
| 3890 | Golden-naped Weaver | Ploceus aureonucha | 1920 |
| 3952 | Grey-headed Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | 1850 |
| 3914 | Heuglin’s Masked Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | 1886 |
| 801 | Holub’s Golden Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | 1862 |
| 3802 | Ibadan Malimbe | Malimbus ibadanensis | 1958 |
| 3752 | Jackson’s Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | 1891 |
| 3906 | Juba Weaver | Ploceus dichrocephalus | 1896 |
| 3882 | Katanga Masked Weaver | Ploceus katangae | 1947 |
| 3900 | Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri | 1990 |
| 792 | Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | 1845 |
| 3918 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | 1823 |
| 3938 | Loanga Weaver | Ploceus subpersonata | 1876 |
| 818 | Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | 1783 |
| 3880 | Lufira Masked Weaver | Ploceus ruweti | 1982 |
| 1047 | Madagascar Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | 1766 |
| 971 | Marsh Widowbird [Updated 12/10/2023] |
Euplectes hartlaubi | 1878 |
| 1048 | Mauritius Fody | Foudia rubra | 1789 |
| 3884 | Maxwell’s Black Weaver [Updated: 21/09/2023] | Ploceus albinucha | 1876 |
| 3756 | Mountain Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes psammocromius | 1900 |
| 3924 | Nelicourvi Weaver | Ploceus nelicourvi | 1786 |
| 3904 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | 1888 |
| 3940 | Northern Masked Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus | 1863 |
| 3748 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | 1789 |
| 919 | Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | 1899 |
| 3888 | Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | 1805 |
| 3930 | Preuss’s Weaver | Ploceus preussi | 1892 |
| 1096 | Principe Golden Weaver | Ploceus princeps | 1850 |
| 3808 | Rachel’s Malimbe | Malimbus racheliae | 1857 |
| 3800 | Red-bellied Malimbe | Malimbus erythrogaster | 1893 |
| 779 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | 1836 |
| 805 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | 1758 |
| 813 | Red-collared Widowbird [updated 16/10/2023] | Euplectes ardens | 1783 |
| 3798 | Red-crowned Malimbe | Malimbus coronatus | 1906 |
| 3810 | Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | 1838 |
| 806 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | 1848 |
| 793 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | 1850 |
| 3812 | Red-vented Malimbe | Malimbus scutatus | 1849 |
| 3762 | Rodrigues Fody | Foudia flavicans | 1865 |
| 3766 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficaudus | 1887 |
| 3910 | Ruppell’s Weaver | Ploceus galbula | 1840 |
| 3899 | Ruvu Weaver [updated 29/07/2023] | Ploceus holoxanthus | 1891 |
| 3932 | Sakalava Weaver | Ploceus sakalava | 1861 |
| 1166 | Sao Tome Weaver | Ploceus sanctithomae | 1848 |
| 789 | Scaly-feathered Finch | Sporopipes squamifrons | 1836 |
| 1178 | Seychelles Fody | Foudia sechellarum | 1867 |
| 1065 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | 1887 |
| 783 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | 1790 |
| 802 | Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | 1870 |
| 803 | Southern Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | 1819 |
| 808 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | 1758 |
| 3972 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | 1800 |
| 791 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | 1828 |
| 3934 | Speke’s Weaver | Ploceus spekei | 1861 |
| 3886 | Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | 1902 |
| 3920 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | 1821 |
| 811 | Tanganyika Masked Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | 1886 |
| 3902 | Taveta Golden Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | 1890 |
| 804 | Thick-billed Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | 1831 |
| 3926 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | 1931 |
| 1152 | Vieillot’s Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | 1840 |
| 797 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | 1776 |
| 1153 | Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | 1823 |
| 3946 | Weyns’s Weaver | Ploceus weynsi | 1900 |
| 3718 | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | 1817 |
| 780 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | 1836 |
| 3730 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | 1845 |
| 814 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | 1848 |
| 810 | Yellow Bishop [updated 16/10/2023] | Euplectes capensis | 1766 |
| 3922 | Yellow-backed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | 1758 |
| 3908 | Yellow-capped Weaver | Ploceus dorsomaculatus | 1893 |
| 812 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | 1789 |
| 3792 | Yellow-legged Weaver | Ploceus flavipes | 1916 |
| 3944 | Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | 1854 |
| 815 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird [updated 16/10/2023] | Euplectes macroura | 1789 |
| 3754 | Zanzibar Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | 1848 |