• Thumbnail for Holub's golden weaver
    Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops), also known as the African golden weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. The common name commemorates...
    7 KB (754 words) - 19:31, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ploceidae
    Ploceidae (redirect from Weaver bird)
    a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers, weaverbirds, weaver finches, or bishops. These names come from the nests of intricately...
    20 KB (1,033 words) - 13:10, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golden-backed weaver
    The golden-backed weaver (Ploceus jacksoni), also known as Jackson's weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Burundi, Kenya...
    1 KB (77 words) - 03:21, 28 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Eastern golden weaver
    Alternative names used for the eastern golden weaver include yellow weaver, olive-headed golden weaver, and African golden weaver. BirdLife International (2016)...
    1 KB (90 words) - 03:47, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for White-billed buffalo weaver
    buffalo weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This common weaver occurs in...
    2 KB (239 words) - 03:27, 6 December 2023
  • Hoffmann's woodpecker Hoffmanns's woodcreeper Hofmann's sunbird Holub's golden weaver Honduran emerald Honeyguide greenbul Hooded antpitta Hooded berryeater...
    276 KB (29,489 words) - 23:54, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black-necked weaver
    The black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) is a resident breeding bird species in much of central Africa from Cameroon in the west to Kenya and southern...
    5 KB (578 words) - 20:20, 20 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cape weaver
    The Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae, found in southern Africa. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin...
    10 KB (1,254 words) - 10:23, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Asian golden weaver
    The Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand...
    6 KB (720 words) - 03:09, 28 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Baya weaver
    The baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands...
    34 KB (3,804 words) - 03:02, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Village weaver
    The village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with P. melanocephalus)...
    15 KB (1,660 words) - 00:38, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern masked weaver
    masked weaver (Ploceus velatus), or African masked weaver, is a resident breeding bird species common throughout southern Africa. This weaver is very...
    5 KB (486 words) - 06:49, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sociable weaver
    The sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) is a species of bird in the weaver family, endemic to Southern Africa. It is the only species in its genus Philetairus...
    18 KB (1,777 words) - 13:38, 19 August 2024
  • The golden-naped weaver (Ploceus aureonucha) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is native to the Ituri Rainforest in northeastern Democratic...
    1 KB (79 words) - 07:57, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red-billed quelea
    red-billed quelea (/ˈkwiːliə/; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing...
    44 KB (5,327 words) - 12:00, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taveta weaver
    The Taveta weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps), also known as the Taveta golden weaver, (or the mango bird) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae...
    3 KB (391 words) - 12:20, 18 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern red bishop
    passerine bird belonging to the bishop and widowbird genus Euplectes in the weaver family, the Ploceidae. It is common in wetlands and grassland in Africa...
    8 KB (829 words) - 15:46, 21 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black-winged red bishop
    Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. This common weaver occurs in a range of open country, especially tall grassland and often near...
    3 KB (257 words) - 16:34, 1 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for White-headed buffalo weaver
    The white-headed buffalo weaver or white-faced buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to East...
    6 KB (615 words) - 01:11, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red-billed buffalo weaver
    The red-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis niger) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa. Its natural...
    8 KB (1,026 words) - 22:47, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golden palm weaver
    The golden palm weaver (Ploceus bojeri) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found in eastern Africa. BirdLife International (2018)...
    1 KB (61 words) - 05:39, 28 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Black-headed weaver
    which is absent in the Juba and golden-backed weavers. It also differs from the latter species and village weaver by its plain, greenish mantle plumage...
    3 KB (278 words) - 18:43, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thick-billed weaver
    The thick-billed weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons), or grosbeak weaver, is a distinctive and bold species of weaver bird that is native to the Afrotropics...
    8 KB (883 words) - 20:12, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of birds of Kenya
    melanogaster African golden-weaver, Ploceus subaureus Holub's golden-weaver, Ploceus xanthops Orange weaver, Ploceus aurantius (A) Golden palm weaver, Ploceus bojeri...
    103 KB (10,399 words) - 17:43, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chestnut-and-black weaver
    The chestnut-and-black weaver (Ploceus castaneofuscus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to southern...
    2 KB (175 words) - 12:32, 18 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Northern red bishop
    Erdmann Isert in 1789 in Accra, Ghana. Euplectes directly translates to “good weaver,” while franciscanus relates to the Franciscans, a religious order from...
    13 KB (1,692 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red fody
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foudia madagascariensis. Red fody species text on Weaver Watch Madagascar red fody at Soavoanio plantation, SAVA...
    8 KB (812 words) - 07:19, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Príncipe weaver
    T22718825A131452274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718825A131452274.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Principe Golden Weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. v t e...
    2 KB (89 words) - 23:11, 3 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Long-tailed widowbird
    combines the Ancient Greek eu "fine" or "good" and the Neo-Latin plectes "weaver". The specific progne is Latin for a "swallow. Three subspecies are recognised:...
    22 KB (2,743 words) - 22:56, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for White-browed sparrow-weaver
    black-billed sparrow weaver, Kismayu sparrow-weaver, stripe-breasted sparrow-weaver, white-browed weaver bird, and white-crowned weaver bird. In kikamba its...
    10 KB (1,085 words) - 04:02, 30 August 2024