Ploceidae

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Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Ploceidae
Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)

Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)

Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783)

Euplectes ardens, the red-collared widowbird, is a sexually dimorphic bird found in open habitats across Eastern and Southern Africa.

Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)

Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)

Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, 1789)

Euplectes macroura is a grassland bird with size and plumage differences between sexes, ranging widely across intra-tropical regions.

Euplectes ardens laticauda (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Euplectes ardens laticauda (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Euplectes ardens laticauda (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Euplectes ardens laticauda, the red-collared widowbird, is a dimorphic African bird found in open, grassy habitats.

Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Quelea quelea, the red-billed quelea, is the world's most numerous undomesticated bird, native to most of sub-Saharan Africa.

Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)

Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)

Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)

Quelea erythrops, the red-headed quelea, is a Ploceidae bird species found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)

Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)

Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831)

Amblyospiza albifrons, the thick-billed weaver, is a distinctive Afrotropical weaver bird in the monotypic genus Amblyospiza.

Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)

Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)

Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845)

Dinemellia dinemelli, the white-headed buffalo weaver, is an African bird species found in savannas and dry brush habitats.

Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836

Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836

Bubalornis niger A.Smith, 1836

Bubalornis niger, the red-billed buffalo weaver, is a possibly large weaver bird with distinctive breeding traits and sexual dimorphism.

Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)

Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)

Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)

The white-billed buffalo weaver is a common resident breeding bird found across most of sub-Saharan Africa.

Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)

Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)

Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850)

Anaplectes rubriceps, the red-headed weaver, is an African bird with plumage variations and characteristic tunneled raindrop-shaped nests.

Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)

Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)

Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)

The compact weaver is the only Pachyphantes species, with a discontinuous African range and specific grassland habitat.

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