birds · order Passeriformes
Ploceidae in the reserves
20 species of the Ploceidae family are recorded around 520 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Southern Masked Weaver, near 289 reserves.
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus289 reserves
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis244 reserves
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix237 reserves
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea131 reserves
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus121 reserves
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis119 reserves
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons117 reserves
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens92 reserves
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis74 reserves
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne71 reserves
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris66 reserves
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor65 reserves
Yellow WeaverPloceus subaureus45 reserves
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus44 reserves
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger32 reserves
Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons31 reserves
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps22 reserves
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer21 reserves
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius17 reserves
African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops8 reservesGBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).