Ploceidae - Wikipedia
Ploceidae is 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 woven vegetation created by birds in this family.
Ploceidae | Weaverbirds, Bishops & Whydahs | Britannica
Ploceidae, songbird family, order Passeriformes, including the bishops, weavers, and their allies. The approximately 120 species in this group are native chiefly to Africa, but several have been introduced elsewhere. Ploceids are small, compact birds with short, stout bills.
Weaver | Nesting Habits, Social Behavior & Plumage | Britannica
In the true weaver family, Ploceidae (order Passeriformes), are the 57 species of the genus Ploceus, which are often divided under group names, such as masked weavers and golden weavers. All are small insectivores that breed colonially; most inhabit hot, dry country.
List of weaverbird species - Wikipedia
Weavers, widowbirds, and allies form the family Ploceidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 122 species; 67 of them are in genus Ploceus and the rest are distributed among 14 other genera.
Ploceidae - Animalia
Ploceidae is a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers, weaverbirds, weaver finches and bishops. These names come from the nests of intricately woven vegetation created by birds in this family.
Ploceidae - Weavers and Allies - Birds of the World
2020年3月4日 · Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.plocei1.01
Village weaver - Wikipedia
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), is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae found in much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Weavers: Ploceidae - Encyclopedia.com
Weavers are small, finch-like birds, 4.3 to 10 inches (11 to 25 centimeters) in body length. Weavers are closely related to finches (family Fringillidae) and are sometimes referred to as "weaver finches." Other common names for various genera within the family include queleas, fodies (in Madagascar), bishops, malimbes, mynas, and widowbirds.
Northern Red Bishop - eBird
A very small gregarious species of open habitats including agricultural areas and the edges of marshes; often found in flocks of tens to hundreds. Note the black face and crown, brown wings, and long reddish orange uppertail coverts (concealing black tail) of breeding male.
Weavers (Ploceidae) - Encyclopedia.com
The four subfamilies of Ploceidae are most easily defined by their breeding habits: the buffalo weavers, Bubalornithinae (three species), build large nest structures of sticks and have a unique, rigid phalloid organ on the abdomen; the sparrow-weavers, Plocepasserinae (nine species), build nests of straight grass stalks which are not woven but ...