Ploceus

Ploceus
	Bocage's weaver (P. temporalis) and; Bertram's weaver (P. bertrandi) ♀
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Ploceus; Cuvier, 1816
Type species
	Loxia philippina; Linnaeus, 1766
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Hyphanthurgus Sundevall, 1872 ; Hyphanturgus Cabanis, 1851 ; Nelicurvius Bonaparte, 1850 ; Nelicurvus Pollen, 1863 ; Notiospiza Oberholser, 1905 ; Othyphantes Shelley, 1896 ; Pachyphantes Shelley, 1896 ; Phormoplectes Reichenow, 1903 ; Ploceus victoriae Ash, 1986 ; Ploceys Billberg, 1828 ; Ploceëlla Oates, 1874 ; Plocion Merrem, 1826 ; Plocus Lafresnaye, 1835 ; Sharpia Barboza de Bocage, 1878 ; Simplectes Lesson, 1844 ; Sitagra Reichenbach, 1850 ; Sitagroides Roberts, 1947 ; Sycobrotus Cabanis, 1851 ; Symplectes Swainson, 1837 ; Textor Temminck, 1827 ; Thomasophantes Sclater, 1925 ;

Ploceus is a genus of birds in the weaver family, Ploceidae. They are native to the Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.

Ploceinae, 1st group

Madagascar fody
(genus Foudia)

Southern red bishop
(genus Euplectes)

Ploceinae, 2nd group

Nelicourvi weaver
(genus Ploceus)
"reinstated Nelicurvius"

Cassin's malimbe
(genus Malimbus)
"extended Malimbus"

Red-headed weaver
(genus Anaplectes)
"extended Malimbus"

Southern masked weaver
(genus Ploceus)
"extended Malimbus"

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