Common name |
Binomial name + authority |
IOC sequence
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White-billed buffalo weaver |
Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817) |
1
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Red-billed buffalo weaver |
Bubalornis niger Smith, A, 1836 |
2
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White-headed buffalo weaver |
Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell, 1845) |
3
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White-browed sparrow-weaver |
Plocepasser mahali Smith, A, 1836 |
4
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Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver |
Plocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827) |
5
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Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver |
Plocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 |
6
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Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver |
Plocepasser rufoscapulatus Büttikofer, 1888 |
7
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Rufous-tailed weaver |
Histurgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887 |
8
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Grey-capped social weaver |
Pseudonigrita arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1850) |
9
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Black-capped social weaver |
Pseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) |
10
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Sociable weaver |
Philetairus socius (Latham, 1790) |
11
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Scaly-feathered weaver |
Sporopipes squamifrons (Smith, A, 1836) |
12
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Speckle-fronted weaver |
Sporopipes frontalis (Daudin, 1800) |
13
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Thick-billed weaver |
Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors, 1831) |
14
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Baglafecht weaver |
Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802) |
15
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Bannerman's weaver |
Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932 |
16
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Bates's weaver |
Ploceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908) |
17
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Black-chinned weaver |
Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904 |
18
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Bertram's weaver |
Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893) |
19
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Slender-billed weaver |
Ploceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887) |
20
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Loango weaver |
Ploceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876) |
21
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Little weaver |
Ploceus luteolus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) |
22
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Spectacled weaver |
Ploceus ocularis Smith, A, 1828 |
23
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Olive-naped weaver |
Ploceus brachypterus Swainson, 1837 |
24
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Black-necked weaver |
Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805) |
25
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Strange weaver |
Ploceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902) |
26
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Black-billed weaver |
Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887 |
27
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Cape weaver |
Ploceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
28
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Bocage's weaver |
Ploceus temporalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1880) |
29
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Eastern golden weaver |
Ploceus subaureus Smith, A, 1839 |
30
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Holub's golden weaver |
Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) |
31
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Orange weaver |
Ploceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805) |
32
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Heuglin's masked weaver |
Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886 |
33
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Golden palm weaver |
Ploceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869) |
34
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Taveta weaver |
Ploceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890) |
35
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Principe weaver |
Ploceus princeps (Bonaparte, 1850) |
36
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Northern brown-throated weaver |
Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888 |
37
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Southern brown-throated weaver |
Ploceus xanthopterus (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) |
38
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Ruvu weaver |
Ploceus holoxanthus Hartlaub, 1891 |
39
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Kilombero weaver |
Ploceus burnieri Baker, NE & Baker, EM, 1990 |
40
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Rüppell's weaver |
Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840 |
41
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Northern masked weaver |
Ploceus taeniopterus (Reichenbach, 1863) |
42
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Lesser masked weaver |
Ploceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845 |
43
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Southern masked weaver |
Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 |
44
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Katanga masked weaver |
Ploceus katangae (Verheyen, 1947) |
45
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Lufira masked weaver |
Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982 |
46
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Tanzanian masked weaver |
Ploceus reichardi Reichenow, 1886 |
47
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Vitelline masked weaver |
Ploceus vitellinus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) |
48
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Speke's weaver |
Ploceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861) |
49
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Fox's weaver |
Ploceus spekeoides Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 |
50
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Village weaver |
Ploceus cucullatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) |
51
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Giant weaver |
Ploceus grandis (Gray, GR, 1844) |
52
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Chestnut-and-black weaver |
Ploceus castaneofuscus Lesson, RP, 1840 |
53
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Vieillot's black weaver |
Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819 |
54
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Weyns's weaver |
Ploceus weynsi (Dubois, AJC, 1900) |
55
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Kilifi weaver |
Ploceus golandi (Clarke, S, 1913) |
56
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Juba weaver |
Ploceus dichrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896) |
57
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Black-headed weaver |
Ploceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
58
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Golden-backed weaver |
Ploceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888 |
59
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Cinnamon weaver |
Ploceus badius (Cassin, 1850) |
60
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Chestnut weaver |
Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840 |
61
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Golden-naped weaver |
Ploceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920 |
62
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Yellow-mantled weaver |
Ploceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854) |
63
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Maxwell's black weaver |
Ploceus albinucha (Barboza du Bocage, 1876) |
64
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Nelicourvi weaver |
Ploceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786) |
65
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Sakalava weaver |
Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861 |
66
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Asian golden weaver |
Ploceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788) |
67
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Compact weaver |
Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873) |
68
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Black-breasted weaver |
Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
69
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Streaked weaver |
Ploceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821) |
70
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Baya weaver |
Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
71
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Finn's weaver |
Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869 |
72
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Dark-backed weaver |
Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819 |
73
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Preuss's weaver |
Ploceus preussi (Reichenow, 1893) |
74
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Yellow-capped weaver |
Ploceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893) |
75
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Olive-headed weaver |
Ploceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899) |
76
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Usambara weaver |
Ploceus nicolli Sclater, WL, 1931 |
77
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Brown-capped weaver |
Ploceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891) |
78
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Bar-winged weaver |
Ploceus angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) |
79
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Sao Tome weaver |
Ploceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848) |
80
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Yellow-legged weaver |
Ploceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916) |
81
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Red-crowned malimbe |
Malimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906 |
82
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Cassin's malimbe |
Malimbus cassini (Elliot, DG, 1859) |
83
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Rachel's malimbe |
Malimbus racheliae (Cassin, 1857) |
84
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Gola malimbe |
Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974 |
85
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Red-vented malimbe |
Malimbus scutatus (Cassin, 1849) |
86
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Ibadan malimbe |
Malimbus ibadanensis Elgood, 1958 |
87
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Blue-billed malimbe |
Malimbus nitens (Gray, JE, 1831) |
88
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Red-headed malimbe |
Malimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838) |
89
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Red-bellied malimbe |
Malimbus erythrogaster Reichenow, 1893 |
90
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Crested malimbe |
Malimbus malimbicus (Daudin, 1802) |
91
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Red-headed weaver |
Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundevall, 1850) |
92
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Red weaver |
Anaplectes jubaensis Van Someren, 1920 |
93
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Cardinal quelea |
Quelea cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880) |
94
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Red-headed quelea |
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848) |
95
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Red-billed quelea |
Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
96
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Red fody |
Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
97
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Comoros fody |
Foudia eminentissima Bonaparte, 1850 |
98
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Aldabra fody |
Foudia aldabrana Ridgway, 1893 |
99
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Forest fody |
Foudia omissa Rothschild, 1912 |
100
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Mauritius fody |
Foudia rubra (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
101
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Seychelles fody |
Foudia sechellarum Newton, E, 1867 |
102
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Rodrigues fody |
Foudia flavicans Newton, A, 1865 |
103
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Bob-tailed weaver |
Brachycope anomala (Reichenow, 1887) |
104
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Yellow-crowned bishop |
Euplectes afer (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
105
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Fire-fronted bishop |
Euplectes diadematus Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1878 |
106
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Black bishop |
Euplectes gierowii Cabanis, 1880 |
107
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Zanzibar red bishop |
Euplectes nigroventris Cassin, 1848 |
108
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Black-winged red bishop |
Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
109
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Southern red bishop |
Euplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) |
110
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Northern red bishop |
Euplectes franciscanus (Isert, 1789) |
111
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Golden-backed bishop |
Euplectes aureus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
112
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Yellow bishop |
Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
113
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Fan-tailed widowbird |
Euplectes axillaris (Smith, A, 1838) |
114
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Yellow-mantled widowbird |
Euplectes macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
115
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Marsh widowbird |
Euplectes hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) |
116
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Montane widowbird |
Euplectes psammacromius (Reichenow, 1900) |
117
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White-winged widowbird |
Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin, 1848) |
118
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Red-collared widowbird |
Euplectes ardens (Boddaert, 1783) |
119
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Red-cowled widowbird |
Euplectes laticauda (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) |
120
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Long-tailed widowbird |
Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783) |
121
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Jackson's widowbird |
Euplectes jacksoni (Sharpe, 1891) |
122
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