Anthus camaroonensis  CAMEROON PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Mts. of Cameroon.  Treated as a race of A. cinnamomeus by Clancey (1990. Durban Mus. Novitates 15:42-68).  Included in novaehollandiae by Keith, et al. (1992).
Anthus hoeschi  MOUNTAIN PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Breeds in the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho, South Africa, 1800-2700 m.  This population has been said to winter in the mts. of Angola, nw Zambia, wc Namibia and n S. Africa, but Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993, p. 350) believe that it is doubtful that a pipit breeding in the Drakensberg Mountains would have more than a local altitudinal migration; they think it more likely that the breeding birds of the Drakensberg are probably Anthus editus (Vincent 1951) and those wintering to the north are Anthus hoeschi, based on a type specimen taken in Namibia.  "Pending further investigation" they "use the name A. hoeschi ... with reluctance".

Anthus richardi  RICHARD'S PIPIT.  Open grassland.  C,s Siberia, Mongolia, n,e China, Taiwan and Korea.

Often treated as a race of A. novaeseelandiae.  A. richardi and  A. rufulus have been treated as conspecific primarily because populations of e China and se Asia are somewhat intermediate, although these seem to belong to the migratory richardi and sedentary rufulus groups, respectively.  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993, p. 349) include cinnamomeus in A. richardi.

Anthus rufulus  PADDYFIELD PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Lowlands and mts. to 2400 m from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and sw,se China s through se Asia to Sumatra, incl. Nias I., Riau and Lingga Arch., Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Is, e to Leti, Moa and Sermata, ne,s Sulawesi and Philippines.
Anthus novaeseelandiae  AUSTRALASIAN PIPIT. Open grassland.

A. n. australis and A. n. novaeseelandiae are the closest members of this complex and are regarded as conspecific.  The other members of the novaeseelandiae group are cinnamomeus, camaroonensis, hoeschi, richardi and rufulus.  Some authors expand A. novaeseelandiae to include these species.
 A. n. australis.  Australia, incl. Tasmania and is. in Bass Strait and mts., 1100-2450 m of c New Guinea.
 A. n. novaeseelandiae.  New Zealand and Chatham, Aukland and Antipodes is.

Anthus leucophrys  PLAIN-BACKED PIPIT.  Open grassland, usually moister than A. vaalensis.

A. l. leucophrys.  From sw Mauritania, Senegambia e across s Mali and s Chad to c,s Sudan, wc,nw Ethiopia, w Kenya and sc Tanzania and s, exc. forested w,c areas, to n Namibia, n Botswana, Zambia and n Malawi; extreme s Mozambique, S. Africa.
 A. l. goodsoni.  Mts. of sw,c,ne Ethiopia, extreme nw Somalia, Kenya and extreme n Tanzania.

Anthus vaalensis  BUFFY PIPIT.  Dry grassland, farmlands.  From n Angola, sw,se Zaire, Zambia, Malawi and s Tanzania s to c Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and int. S. Africa.  Closely related to A. leucophrys.  Reports of A. vaalensis from ne Africa pertain to A. leucophrys.
Anthus pallidiventris  LONG-LEGGED PIPIT.  Clearings, farmlands, dry open grassland.  From Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) s through Gabon, Congo, sw C. African Rep. and w Zaire, along Congo R. to Cabinda and nw Angola.
Anthus melindae  MALINDI PIPIT.  Dry,open country.  Coastal areas from se Somalia s to se Kenya.
Anthus campestris  TAWNY PIPIT.  Barren rocky ground, pastures, fields.  From cont. Europe and extreme s Sweden e across w,c,s Russia and s Russia to sw Siberia and s to n Africa in coastal s Morocco, n Mali and n Morocco e to Tunisia; n Mediterranean region, incl. most is., Turkey, Near East, s to Israel , n Iran, Afghanistan and w China.  Winters widely in n Africa and in s Asia e to India.

Anthus berthelotii  BERTHELOT'S PIPIT.  Open dry areas, farmlands.  Canary Is., I. Selvagem, Madeira Is.  Arctander, et al. (1994. Ibis, in press) found this species to be closest to A. campestris.  See above.
Anthus godlewskii  BLYTH'S PIPIT.  Dry stony hills, grassy areas, marshy plains.  Mts. to 3350 m of s Siberia and Mongolia s through n,c China to Tibet and ne India. Often treated as a subspecies of A. campestris, but morphologically close to A. novaeseelandiae.
Anthus bannermani  BANNERMAN'S PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Locally in Sierra Leone, c Nigeria and s Cameroon.  Usually treated as conspecific with  A. similis but treated as a race of latistriatus by Clancey (1990. Durban Mus. Novitates 15:42-68).  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993, p. 351) consider bannermani to be a race of A. similis, noting that "the voice of this Cameroon population is identical to that of A. similis elsewhere in Africa. 

Anthus latistriatus  JACKSON'S PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Mts. of ce Zaire, s Uganda and w Kenya.

The breeding area is unknown and this species is based on a few specimens from widely scattered localities.  The members of the East African List Committee are not convinced that it differs from some montane populations of A. cinnamomeus, to which some think it is related.  The E. Afr. List Committee will probably treat it as a form of cinnamomeus (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993, p. 351) "note that D.J. Pearson (in Keith et al. 1992) would place latistriatus" in A. cinnamomeus "... and pending further evidence that is the ... arrangement" they would follow.

Anthus similis  LONG-BILLED PIPIT.  Open grassland, rocky slopes.  Mts. of cw Angola (Mt. Moco); c Niger ,se Ghana, e,se Nigeria, Cameroon and cw Sudan; from extreme se Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and sw,e Saudi Arabia, Oman s through ce Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and w Mozambique to Namibia and S. Africa; hills of Lebanon, Syria, Israel; from se Iran e through Afghanistan to Pakistan, n,sw India, Himalayan foothills and c,e Burma.

Keith, et al. (1992) recognize 14 African subspecies of A. similis, including nyassae and bannermani.  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993, p. 351) are "convinced ... that the Malawi birds attributed to A. "latistriatus" and A. nyassae by Clancey are ... forms of A. similis.  The latter shows vocally no variation throughout its wide Afrotropical and extralimital range".

Anthus nyassae  WOODLAND PIPIT.  Clearings in miombo woodland.  Central African plateau in the Congo Rep., sw,sc,se Zaire, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  Sometimes regarded as a race of A. similis but differs morphologically and ecologically; may be sympatric with A. similis moco
 in n Angola.  See comments under Anthus similis.
Anthus brachyurus  SHORT-TAILED PIPIT.  Grassland.  Locally in lowlands in the south and central African highlands to 2000 m of Congo Rep., w,sc,ne,se Zaire, w Uganda, ne,c Angola, nw,c Zambia, s Tanzania; s Mozambique, e S. Africa in sc Transvaal, e Orange Free State, Natal and extreme e Cape Province.
Anthus caffer  BUSH PIPIT.  Dry thorn savanna, short grass.  Locally in highlands of extreme s Ethiopia, c,s Kenya, n Tanzania, extreme se Zaire, c Angola, w Malawi, Zambia, c Zimbabwe, e Botswana, extreme s Mozambique and ne S. Africa in Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal.

Anthus sokokensis  SOKOKE PIPIT.  Open areas in forest.  Relict patches of coastal forest of se Kenya and ne Tanzania.
Anthus trivialis  TREE PIPIT. Meadows, hillsides with scattered trees, edge.  From British Isles (exc. Ireland) and Scandinavia across nw,e Russia to ce Siberia and s to n Spain, s France, Italy, incl. Sicily, Balkans, n Turkey, n Iran, s Russia, n Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, e Tukestan, nw Himalayas of w China, n Pakistan and nw India, from Kashmir e to Ladakh.
Anthus hodgsoni  OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT.  Coniferous forest, edge, birch woodland.  Mts., 900-2750 m from nc Russia e across c Siberia to w Anadyrland and s Kamchatka and s through sw Siberia, Mongolia, c,ne China and Korea to n India, Himalayas from 2700-4500 m, se Tibet, w,ne Burma, Japan and Kuril Is.

Anthus gustavi  PECHORA PIPIT.  Wooded and shrubby tundra, swampy areas, willow scrub.  From n Russia, w to Pechora R., e across n Siberia to Bering Strait and s to Kamchatka and Commander Is.; se Siberia.
Anthus pratensis  MEADOW PIPIT.  Open rough grassland, tundra, meadows, dunes.  From se Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles and n Scandinavia e across n,c Russia to nw Siberia and s to s France, n,c Italy and Balkans.
Anthus cervinus  RED-THROATED PIPIT.  Marshy tundra, wet meadows with dwarf birch, willow.  From n Scandinavia e across n Russia, incl. Kolguyev Is., and n Siberia to Chukotski Pen.; w Alaska, St. Lawrence I.; from Cape Lisburne s to Wales, probably other Bering Sea is.

Anthus roseatus  ROSY PIPIT.  Moist grassland, swamps with dwarf scrub.  Himalayas, 3050-5300 m of e Afghanistan, n Pakistan, n India from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, w,c China.
Anthus petrosus  ROCK PIPIT.  Rocky seacoasts.  Coasts of Faroe Is., British Isles, nw France, Scandinavia and nw Russia.

Usually considered as conspecific with A. spinoletta, but morphological and ecological differences indicate allospecies treatment is more appropriate, especially in view of the discovery of the specific status of A. rubescens.  See Arctander et al. (1994. Ibis, in press) for a review of the literature.

Anthus spinoletta  WATER PIPIT.  Tundra, alpine meadows, grassy slopes, along streams.  Locally in mts. of Spain, s,se Europe in Alps, Appenines, Carpathians, Balkans, Corsica, Sardinia, Turkey, n Iran, extreme s Russia in Caucasus, s Russia in e Turkestan, Pamirs, w China, n Mongolia and sw Siberia.
Anthus rubescens  AMERICAN PIPIT.  Tundra, meadows, grassy slopes.  E  Siberia, from Taimyr Pen., e to Chukotski Pen., and s to Transbaicalia, n Ussuriland, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is.; from Alaska, incl. Aleutian Is., n Yukon s through British Columbia, sw Alberta, Washington and w Montana, locally on high mts. from Oregon, Utah and Colorado s to sc California, n Arizona and c New Mexico; from Canadian Artic is. s to sc,se Mackensie, s Keewatin, n Manitoba, n Ontario, s Labrador, sw Greenland, Newfoundland, se Quebec, n New Hampshire and n Maine. Usually regarded as conspecific with A. spinoletta but sympatric with the latter in Transbaicalia region of Siberia.

Anthus sylvanus  UPLAND PIPIT.  Grassy, open hillsides.  Himalayas, 1200-3050 m, of e Afghanistan, n Pakistan, n India from Kashmir e to e Nepal, and s,se China.
Anthus nilghiriensis  NILGIRI PIPIT.  Open grassland.  Mts., 1000-2300 m of sw India in w Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Anthus correndera  CORRENDERA PIPIT.  Open Country.  Mts. to 4000 m from c Peru, c,sw Bolivia, se Brazil, and Uruguay s through Chile and Argentine s to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.  Winters to ne Argentina and se Brazil.
Anthus antarcticus  SOUTH GEORGIA PIPIT.  Open country, grassland.  S. Georgia I.
Anthus spragueii  SPRAGUE'S PIPIT.  From nc Alberta, c Saskatchewan and we,s Manitoba s to Montana, w S. Dakota, N. Dakota and nw Minnesota. Sometimes considered conspecific with A. furcatus, but the relationships of these species are uncertain.

Anthus furcatus  SHORT-BILLED PIPIT.  Grassland, open country.  Mts. to 4000 m from c Peru s to c,s Bolivia, possibly Paraguay, se Brazil, Uruguay and n Argentina.
Anthus hellmayri  HELLMAYR'S PIPIT.  Grassland.  Locally in Andes of se Peru, c,se Bolivia, c Chile, ne Argentina, se Brazil and Uruguay.
Anthus bogotensis  PARAMO PIPIT.  Grassland.  Andes, 2500-4000 m from Colombia and nw Venezuela s through Ecuador, Peru and wc Bolivia to w Argentina.
Anthus lutescens  YELLOWISH PIPIT.  Savanna, fields, damp pastures, open areas near water.  Locally in lowlands to 1300 m from Panama, e Colombia, s,e Venezuela and Guinas s, to the e of Andes, through Brazil, incl. Marajó and Mexiana is., Bolivia and Paraguay to Uruguay and n Argentina; w of Andes in coastal Peru and n Chile.

Anthus chacoensis  CHACO PIPIT.  Grassland, chaco.  Known only from wintering individuals from s Paraguay and n Argentina.  A. chacoensis is a good species, distinct from A. lutescens.
Anthus nattereri  OCHRE-BREASTED PIPIT.  Grassland.  Se Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina.
Anthus gutturalis  ALPINE PIPIT.  Alpine grassland in short grass.  Mts., 2600-4600 m of New Guinea, from Snow Mts. and c highlands to Huon Pen. and se ranges.

Subfamily PRUNELLINAE:  Accentors.  Usually treated as a family of thrush-like birds, but DNA hybridization indicates that the accentors are closer to the true sparrows and weavers.

Prunella collaris  ALPINE ACCENTOR.  Above timberline among rocks, stony meadows.  Locally in mts. from Morocco, n Algeria and Iberian Pen., Alps, Appenines, Carpathians, Balkans, Greece, incl. Crete, e across Turkey, Iran, extreme s Russia, in Caucasus, s Russia, Transcaspia, Turkestan to s Siberia, n Korea and Japan and s through Mongolia and w,n,c China to Himalayas, 3600-5500 m, of Tibet, n Pakistan and n India from Kashmir e to Arunachal Pradesh; Taiwan.
Prunella himalayana  RUFOUS-STREAKED ACCENTOR.  Above timberline among rocks, stony meadows.  Mts. above 1500 m from n Afghanistan and s Russia, e Turkestan, Pamirs e to s Siberia and s through nw Mongolia and w China to Himalayas of s Tibet and probably nw India and Kashmir.
Prunella rubeculoides  ROBIN ACCENTOR.  Scrub, bushes, willows, on open, damp meadows or riparian areas.  Himalayas, 3000-5300 m of n Pakistan, n India from Kashmir e to Bhutan and probably Arunachal Pradesh, sw Tibet, nc China.

Prunella strophiata  RUFOUS-BREASTED ACCENTOR.  Open forest and bushy patches.  Himalayas, 2400-5000 m of Afghanistan and Pakistan e to n Pakistan, n India from Kashmir e to Arunachal Pradesh, se Tibet, c,sw China and ne Burma.
Prunella montanella  SIBERIAN ACCENTOR.  Thickets at edge of coniferous forest.  N Siberia, from Ural Mts. e to Anadyrland, mostly n of Arctic Circle, thence sw across e Yakutia to s Siberia.
Prunella ocularis  RADDE'S ACCENTOR.  Shrubs, often junipers, on rocky slopes.  Mts., 2100-2750 m of c,e Turkey, s Russia, Armenia and Iran.  Sometimes considered conspecific with P. fulvescens.

Prunella fagani  YEMEN ACCENTOR.  Low bushes, rocky slopes.  High mts. of sw Saudi Arabia and Yemen.  Sometimes considered conspecific with P. ocularis or P. atrogularis.
Prunella fulvescens  BROWN ACCENTOR.  Scrub in dry stony areas, meadows, tall grass.  Mts., 2400-5100 m of s Russia, Turkestan, e Kazakhstan, sw Siberia, ne Afghanistan in Pamir Mts., n Pakistan, n India, s Tibet, w China and Mongolia.
Prunella atrogularis  BLACK-THROATED ACCENTOR.  Conifers, especially spruces and junipers, on mountain slopes.  Locally at high elevations in mts. of ec Russia, Ural Mts., s Russia, Pamir Mts., e Turkestan, e Kazakhstan, sw Siberia, Mongolia, w China.

Prunella koslowi  MONGOLIAN ACCENTOR.  Thin scrub on dry slopes, grass, bushes.  Mts. of Mongolia and nc China.
Prunella modularis  HEDGE ACCENTOR.  Shrubbery, thickets in woodland, heather, towns.  Lowlands to mts. of British Isles, Scandinavia and w,c,sw Russia, c Ural Mts., Crimea and Caucasus s to n Spain, s France, Italy, Balkans, n Turkey and n Iran.
Prunella rubida  JAPANESE ACCENTOR.  Dwarf pines and birches.  S Kuril Is. and Japan on Hokkaido and Honshu.
Prunella immaculata  MAROON-BACKED ACCENTOR.  Thickets in damp coniferous forest, often riparian.  Himalayas, 2900-4600 m of ne India, e Nepal e to Arunachal Pradesh, s Tibet and cw, sw China.

Subfamily PLOCEINAE:  Buffalo-Weavers, Weavers, Sparrow-Weavers, Malimbes, Fodys, Bishops, Indigobirds (or Widowbirds).

Bubalornis albirostris  WHITE-BILLED BUFFALO-WEAVER.  Arid thorn savanna.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Ghana, n Benin, n Nigeria, Cameroon, s Chad and n C. African Rep. to c,s Sudan to n Ethiopia, Eritrea and s to n Uganda and cw Kenya.  Often considered conspecific with B. niger.
Bubalornis niger  RED-BILLED BUFFALO-WEAVER.  Dry thorn savanna.  Locally from s,e Ethiopia and Somalia s through extreme se Sudan and Kenya to n,c Tanzania; from w,s Angola, sw,c,e Zambia and w,s Zimbabwe s to c Namibia, n,e Botswana, sw Mozambique and ne S. Africa.
Dinemellia dinemelli  WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER.  Dry thorn savanna.  From se Sudan, c,e Ethiopia and Somalia s through ne Uganda and Kenya to nc,ne Tanzania.

Sporopipes frontalis  SPECKLE-FRONTED WEAVER.  Dry thorn scrub.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Ghana, n Nigeria, Cameroon, s Chad and n C. African Rep. to c,s Sudan and nw Ethiopia, Eritrea and s to ne Uganda, Kenya and n,c Tanzania.
Sporopipes squamifrons  SCALY WEAVER.  Dry thorn scrub.  Sw Angola, Namibia, Botswana and w Zimbabwe to int. S. Africa.
Plocepasser mahali  WHITE-BROWED SPARROW-WEAVER.  Acacia savanna, mopane woodland.  S Angola, s,e Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, extreme se Sudan, c,s Ethiopia, s Somalia and Kenya s to c Namibia, Botswana, w Zimbabwe, Mozambique and S. Africa.
Plocepasser superciliosus  CHESTNUT-CROWNED SPARROW-WEAVER.  Thorn savanna.  Senegambia, s Mali, n Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Ghana, Nigeria, n Cameroon, s Chad, nw C. African Rep. and c,s Sudan to w,c Ethiopia, Eritrea s to extreme ne Zaire, n Uganda and nw Kenya.  Occurs above P. mahali in overlap areas of Ethiopia.

Plocepasser rufoscapulatus  CHESTNUT-BACKED SPARROW-WEAVER.  Brachystegia woodland.  Sw,c Angola e to se Zaire, Zambia and w Malawi.
Plocepasser donaldsoni  DONALDSON-SMITH'S SPARROW-WEAVER.  Arid acacia savanna.  Sw Ethiopia, extreme s Somalia and n,nc,ce Kenya.
Histurgops ruficauda  RUFOUS-TAILED WEAVER.  Dry, hilly acacia savanna.  Nw,nc Tanzania, s,se of L. Victoria.
Pseudonigrita arnaudi  GREY-HEADED SOCIAL-WEAVER.  Acacia savanna.  Cw,se Sudan, sw Ethiopia and extreme s Somalia s through n Uganda and Kenya to n,c Tanzania.

Pseudonigrita cabanisi  BLACK-CAPPED SOCIAL-WEAVER.  Dry thorn savanna.  C,s Ethiopia and sw Somalia s through ce,e Kenya to ne Tanzania.
Philetairus socius  SOCIABLE WEAVER.  Arid thorn savanna.  Namibia, sw Botswana and n S. Africa.
Ploceus bannermani  BANNERMAN'S WEAVER.  Thickets in open forest, edge.  Mts. above 1500 m of  se Nigeria and Cameroon.
Ploceus batesi  BATES'S WEAVER.  Forest.  Known only from a few specimens from lowlands of se Cameroon.
Ploceus nigrimentum  BLACK-CHINNED WEAVER.  Savanna, near forest.  Congo Rep. and c Angola.

Ploceus baglafecht  BAGLAFECHT WEAVER.  Open savanna, scrub, near forest.

Intergradation occurs among the subgroups.
 P. b. baglafecht.  Highland areas of  e Nigeria, sw Cameroon, sw C. African Rep., w,nw Ethiopia, Eritrea, s Sudan and ne Zaire.
 P. b. emini.  Extreme se Sudan, n Uganda and cs,e Ethiopia.
 P. b. reichenowi.  Ne Uganda, se Ethiopia, Kenya and n Tanzania.
 P. b. stuhlmanni.  Ce,se Zaire, sw,s Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w,s Tanzania, n Zambia and n Malawi.

Ploceus bertrandi  BERTRAND'S WEAVER.  Savanna, near forest, riparian vegetation.  Highlands of ce,sc Tanzania, ne Zambia, c,s Malawi and n Mozambique.
Ploceus pelzelni  SLENDER-BILLED WEAVER.  Edges of rivers, lakes, especially papyrus.  Locally in Sierra Leone, s Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, nw,cn Zaire, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda, sw,sc,se Zaire, n Angola and extreme nw Zambia; ne,ce Zaire, s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and extreme nw Tanzania.
Ploceus subpersonatus  LOANGO WEAVER.  Second growth near water, palms, grass.  S coastal Gabon s to mouth of Congo river in Zaire and Cabinda in Angola.
Ploceus luteolus  LITTLE WEAVER.  Savanna, dry woodland.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ivory Coast. n Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, n Cameroon, s Chad, C. African Rep. and c,s Sudan to w,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, s to ne Zaire, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Tanzania.

Ploceus intermedius  LESSER MASKED WEAVER.  Riparian savanna, reedbeds, trees.  W,s Angola, C. African Rep., Congo, se,ce Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, se Sudan, c,s Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia s to Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, n Namibia, n,e Botswana and e S. Africa.
Ploceus ocularis  SPECTACLED WEAVER.  Riparian thickets, trees.  Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, n,e Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., s Sudan, s Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w,c,s Kenya, Tanzania s, exc. most of Congo basin, to s Angola, n Namibia, n Botswana, ne Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and e S. Africa
Ploceus nigricollis  BLACK-NECKED WEAVER.  Forest, woodland, acacia.  Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin,s Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I.; Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, Kenya and s Somalia s to cw,n Angola, cs,ce Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and n,c Tanzania.

Ploceus melanogaster  BLACK-BILLED WEAVER.  Forest.  Locally in mts. of se Nigeria and Cameroon, Bioko I, ne,ce Zaire, extreme se Sudan, w Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w Kenya and w Tanzania.
Ploceus alienus  STRANGE WEAVER.  Forest.  Mts. above 1650 m of ne,ce Zaire, w Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.
Ploceus temporalis  BOCAGE'S WEAVER. Riparian grass, woodland.  C,ce Angola, se Zaire and extreme nw Zambia.  Sometimes treated as conspecific with P. capensis.
Ploceus capensis  CAPE WEAVER.  Trees, bushes, reedbeds, usually near water.  S. Africa.
Ploceus subaureus  AFRICAN GOLDEN-WEAVER.  Riparian vegetation.  Coastal Somalia, e Kenya and e Tanzania s through Malawi and Mozambique to coastal e S. Africa in e Transvaal, Natal and se Cape Province.

Ploceus xanthops  HOLUB'S GOLDEN-WEAVER.  Riparian thickets, reedbeds, grass.  Gabon, sw Congo, Cabinda, Congo river mouth region, n Angola, sc,ce,ne Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, w,s Kenya, c,w Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, to s Angola, extreme ne Namibia, n,e Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and e S. Africa.
Ploceus princeps  PRINCIPE GOLDEN WEAVER.  Trees, bushes.  Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea.
Ploceus aurantius  ORANGE WEAVER.  Riparian forest, reedbeds.  Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda, sc,se Zaire, ne Angola, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, s Uganda and extreme nw Tanzania.
Ploceus bojeri  GOLDEN PALM WEAVER.  Savanna with palms, bushes.  Ethiopia, S Somalia, c,e Kenya and ne Tanzania.

Ploceus castaneiceps  TAVETA GOLDEN WEAVER.  Swamp vegetation, bulrushes.  C,se Kenya and ne Tanzania.
Ploceus xanthopterus  SOUTHERN BROWN-THROATED WEAVER.  Reedbeds.  Locally in sw Zambia, extreme ne Namibia, n Botswana, se Tanzania, Malawi, e Zimbabwe, c,s Mozambique and e S. Africa.
Ploceus castanops  NORTHERN BROWN-THROATED WEAVER.  Reedbeds and tall grass, near water.  Ne,ce  Zaire, Uganda, w Kenya and extreme nw Tanzania, L. Victoria area and Rwanda.
Ploceus burnieri  KILOMBERO WEAVER.  Riverside swamp.  Ce Tanzania in Ifakara region.  A recently discovered species that appears to link P. castanops with the "masked-weaver" group.

Ploceus galbula  RUEPPELL'S WEAVER.  Dry savanna.  Ne,ce Sudan, n,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, n,c Somalia and sw Arabia from Mecca s to Yemen and e to s Oman.
Ploceus heuglini  HEUGLIN'S MASKED-WEAVER.  Dry savanna.  Senegambia, s Mali, n Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Ghana, Togo, Benin, n Nigeria, Cameroon, s Chad and n C. African Rep. to sw Sudan, extreme ne Zaire, n,se Uganda and Burundi.
Ploceus taeniopterus  NORTHERN MASKED-WEAVER.  Grassy swamps, reedbeds, papyrus.  nw,e,se Sudan, extreme ne Zaire, sw Ethiopia, n Uganda and nw Kenya.  Hybridizes with P. melanocephalus in ne Zaire.
Ploceus vitellinus  VITELLINE MASKED-WEAVER.  Acacia woodland, dry savanna.  Sw Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, n Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger, ne Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé Island, L. Chad area, n C. African Rep. and c,s Sudan to s,e Ethiopia, Somalia s through n,e Uganda and Kenya to n,ne, ce Tanzania.

Considered conspecific with P. velatus by the East African List Committee (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993) also include vitellinus in velatus and state that they "are certain they are conspecific in all important respects."  Do they intergrade?  Are they allopatric?  The evidence remains unclear and it is reasonable to treat them as separate species, while recognizing that they are closely related.  The problems of  "the Ploceus velatus complex" are not yet entirely solved.

Ploceus velatus  SOUTHERN MASKED-WEAVER.  Acacia woodland, dry savanna.  W,s,ce Angola, n Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique s to s S. Africa.
Ploceus katangae  KATANGA MASKED-WEAVER.  Swamps.  Se Zaire, from Upemba Nat. Park to Zambian border, and adj. cn Zambia.  Treated as a subspecies of P. velatus by Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993).
Ploceus ruweti  RUWET'S MASKED-WEAVER.  Swamps.  Se Zaire, upper Lufira R. s of range of P. katangae.  Known from a single specimen.  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993) describe it as a "very distinctive little weaver" but "feel nonetheless (it) may have a hybrid or aberrant origin".  They "believe that for the time being P. ruweti is best treated as a form ...." of P. reichardi.

Ploceus reichardi  TANZANIA MASKED-WEAVER.  Swamps.  Sw Tanzania and se Zaire.  Often treated as conspecific with P. velatus.  Treated as a species by Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993).
Ploceus cucullatus  VILLAGE WEAVER.  Savanna, forest clearings, swamps, towns.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia e through s Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad to Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and s to Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Cabinda, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w Tanzania and w Kenya; and w,sc Angola; se Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, e Tanzania, incl. Mafia I., e Kenya and s Somalia s to n Botswana, Zimbabwe and c Mozambique; s Mozambique and e S. Africa.  Recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Djibouti.  Introduced on  São Tomé, Hispaniola, incl. Saona I., Mascarene Is.

Ploceus grandis  GIANT WEAVER.  Savanna, forest.  São Tomé I. in the Gulf of Guinea.
Ploceus spekei  SPEKE'S WEAVER.  Dry thorn savanna.  Highlands, 1200-1800 m of n Somalia and c,cs Ethiopia s through c,s Kenya to cn Tanzania.
Ploceus spekeoides  FOX'S WEAVER.  Swamps.  Confined to ec Uganda.  May be conspecific with P. spekei but differs in eye color, size proportions and habitat.
Ploceus nigerrimus  VIEILLOT'S BLACK WEAVER.  Forest clearings, woodland.  Senegambia, Sierra Leone, se Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, se Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, extreme s Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w Kenya, nw Tanzania, cw,nw Angola and sw,sc,se,ce Zaire.

Ploceus weynsi  WEYNS'S WEAVER.  Forest.  Lowlands of cw,cn Zaire, Uganda and extreme nw Tanzania.
Ploceus golandi  CLARKE'S WEAVER.  Forest.  Known only from coastal e Kenya in Sokoke Forest.
Ploceus melanocephalus  BLACK-HEADED WEAVER.  Riparian vegetation, reedbeds, grass.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, n Ghana, Togo, Benin, and n Nigeria to L. Chad area and C. African Rep., Congo, s through Congo basin to sw,c,se Zaire and n Zambia; s Nigeria, s Cameroon, ne,ce Zaire, extreme se Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, nw Tanzania; ne Sudan; nw Ethiopia and Eritrea.  Introduced on São Tomé I.  Hybridizes with P. taeniopterus in ne Zaire.

Ploceus victoriae.   VICTORIA MASKED-WEAVER.  Reedbeds, papyrus.  S. Uganda, shores of L. Victoria around Entebbe.  The validity of this taxon as a species has been questioned.  Although several individuals were observed, many authors regard it as a hybrid involving P. castanops, melanocephalus, taeniopterus or jacksoni.  The members of the East African List Committee do not recognize this species and consider it to represent an aberrant P. melanocephalus.  (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993) believe that victoriae is probably a hybrid melanocephalus x castanops.

Ploceus dicrocephalus  SALVADORI'S WEAVER.  Riparian vegetation, reedbeds, grass.  Se Ethiopia, s Somalia and extreme ne Kenya.  Closely related to P. melanocephalus.
Ploceus jacksoni  GOLDEN-BACKED WEAVER.  Riparian swamps.  Extreme se Sudan, c,s Uganda, Burundi and w,s Kenya s to w,cs,ne Tanzania.
Ploceus badius  CINNAMON WEAVER.  Dry savanna.  E,s Sudan in upper Nile R. drainage.
Ploceus rubiginosus  CHESTNUT WEAVER.  Acacia savanna.  Locally in sw Angola and n,c Namibia; extreme se Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and nw,sw Somalia s to ne Uganda, Kenya and c,ne Tanzania.
Ploceus aureonucha  GOLDEN-NAPED WEAVER.  Forest.  Ne Zaire.

Ploceus tricolor  YELLOW-MANTLED WEAVER.  Forest.  Sierra Leone, se Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, C. Afr. Rep., n,ne Zaire, extreme sw Sudan, Uganda and w Kenya s to nw Angola and cw,sc,ce Zaire.
Ploceus albinucha  MAXWELL'S BLACK WEAVER.  Forest.  Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Nigeria, s Cameroon, Bioko I., n Gabon, ne,ce Zaire and extreme w Uganda.
Ploceus nelicourvi  NELICOURVI WEAVER.  Forest, brush.  Lowlands to 1800 m of n,e Madagascar.
Ploceus sakalava  SAKALAVA WEAVER.  Dry forest, bushy plains, semi-desert, towns.  Lowlands to 700 m of n,w,s Madagascar.
Ploceus benghalensis  BLACK-BREASTED WEAVER.  Grass, reedbeds, bamboo, canefields.  Locally in nw,se Pakistan and c,n,ne India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Ploceus manyar  STREAKED WEAVER.  Grass, reedbeds, farmlands.  Lowlands to 1000m of e Pakistan, India, n to Himalayan foothills, Sri Lanka, Burma, sw China, nw,c,se Thailand, Cambodia and s Vietnam; Java, incl. Bawean Is., Bali; intro. n Egypt in Nile R. delta.
Ploceus philippinus  BAYA WEAVER.  Grassland, second growth, farmlands, reedbeds.  Lowlands to 1200 m of se Pakistan, India, n to Himalayan foothills, Nepal, Sri Lanka and sw China s through se Asia to Sumatra, incl. Nias I.
Ploceus hypoxanthus  ASIAN GOLDEN WEAVER.  Riparian scrub, reedbeds, farmlands.  Lowlands of Burma, c Thailand, Cambodia, s Vietnam, Sumatra and Java.
Ploceus megarhynchus  YELLOW WEAVER.  Tall grass, scrub.  Locally in Himalayan foothills to 500 m of n India and Bhutan.

Ploceus bicolor  FOREST WEAVER.  Forest, woodland.  Lowlands to 1800 m of se Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I., Gabon, w,cs,ce,ne Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, extreme se Sudan and w Kenya s to wc,n Angola, n,c Zambia and nw,w,sw Tanzania; s Somalia s through coastal Kenya to ne,ce Tanzania, incl. Zanzibar I., s Malawi, e Zimbabwe, Mozambique and coastal se S. Africa.
Ploceus preussi  PREUSS'S WEAVER.  Forest.  Locally in lowlands of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Cameroon, Gabon and n,ne Zaire.
Ploceus dorsomaculatus  YELLOW-CAPPED WEAVER.  Forest.  Lowlands of s Cameroon, Gabon, w C. African Rep. and ne,ce Zaire.
Ploceus nicolli  USAMBARA WEAVER.  Brachystegia woodland.  Mts., 1150-1600 m of ne Tanzania in Usambara, Uluguru and Udzungwa mts.

Ploceus olivaceiceps  OLIVE-HEADED WEAVER.  Miombo woodland.  Locally in mts. of extreme cs Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and n,s Mozambique.
Ploceus insignis  BROWN-CAPPED WEAVER.  Forest.  Locally in mts., 1500-2600 m of se Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I., Congo, cw Angola, sw C. African Rep., extreme se Sudan, ne,ce,se Zaire, w Uganda, Rwanda, w,c Kenya and sw Tanzania.
Ploceus angolensis  BAR-WINGED WEAVER.  Brachystegia woodland.  Cw,c Angola, n Zambia and extreme se Zaire.
Ploceus sanctithomae  SAO TOME WEAVER.  Forest.  São Tomé I. in the Gulf of Guinea.
Pachyphantes superciliosus  COMPACT WEAVER.  Moist open grassland.  Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, C. African rep., s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya s to n Angola, nw Zambia, ce,se Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and nw Tanzania.

This aberrant weaver has been placed in Ploceus and aligned with the Asian P. hypoxanthus complex, but its relationships are unclear; nest construction suggests it may be closest to Amblyospiza.
 The East African List Committee place this species in Ploceus and consider it to be closely related to other African species of Ploceus (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).  Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993) place it "near the end of the genus Ploceus, pending further research."

Malimbus flavipes  YELLOW-LEGGED MALIMBE.  Forest.  Ne Zaire.  Affinities uncertain, but has been placed in Ploceus or Rhinoploceus.  The East African List Committee place it in Ploceus (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.); also Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993, p. 266) and Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire (1993), with reservations.
Malimbus coronatus  RED-CROWNED MALIMBE.  Forest undergrowth.  S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, sw C. African Rep. and c,cn,ne,ce Zaire.
Malimbus cassini  BLACK-THROATED MALIMBE.  Forest, open swampy areas.  Lowlands of s Ghana and s Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo Rep., and e in the Congo forest to sw C. African Rep. and c,cn,ne,ce Zaire.

Malimbus ballmanni  BALLMANN'S MALIMBE.  Humid forest.  Locally in Sierra Leone, Liberia and sw Ivory Coast.  Related to and possibly conspecific with M. racheliae.
Malimbus racheliae  RACHEL'S MALIMBE.  Forest.  Lowlands of se Nigeria and s Cameroon s to Gabon.
Malimbus scutatus  RED-VENTED MALIMBE.  Forest, second growth, farmlands.  Sierra Leone, se Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and sw Cameroon.
Malimbus ibadanensis  IBADAN MALIMBE.  Savanna, second growth, farmlands, towns.  Known only from sw Nigeria.
Malimbus erythrogaster  RED-BELLIED MALIMBE.  Forest.  Cs Nigeria, s Cameroon e to sw C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, extreme sw Sudan and w Uganda s to Gabon, Congo and sc,ce Zaire.

Malimbus nitens  GRAY'S MALIMBE.  Forest undergrowth, usually swampy.  Lowlands of Senegambia, sw Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s Niger, s Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda, nw Angola, sw C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, w Uganda and sw,c,ce Zaire.
Malimbus malimbicus  CRESTED MALIMBE.  Forest.  Sierra Leone, s Mali, se Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, sw C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire and w Uganda s to nw Angola and cs,ce Zaire.
Malimbus rubricollis  RED-HEADED MALIMBE.  Forest.  Sierra Leone, se Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I., Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, sw C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, extreme s Sudan, Uganda and w Kenya s to nw Angola, sc,se Zaire and extreme nw Tanzania.

Anaplectes rubriceps  RED-HEADED WEAVER.  Woodland, acacia savanna.

A. r. leuconotus.  Senegambia, n Ivory Coast, n Ghana and Nigeria e through n Cameroon to C. African Rep., s Sudan, Ethiopia and s through cw,s se Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to sw Angola, n Zambia and n,c Malawi.  Sometimes considered to be a separate species.
 A. r. jubaensis.  S Somalia and ne coastal Kenya.  An all red form represented by five male specimens.  Observations at a nesting colony in coastal ne Kenya in Sept. 1990 indicates that this is a distinctive race of rubriceps (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).
 A. r. rubriceps.  Cs Angola, ne Namibia, c,s Zambia, extreme se Zaire, s Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, n,e Botswana and ne S. Africa.

Brachycope anomala  BOB-TAILED WEAVER.  Clearings in riparian forest, towns.  Se Cameroon, Congo Rep. and sw,cw,nw,nc Zaire.  Generic status uncertain, sometimes placed in Quelea.
Quelea cardinalis  CARDINAL QUELEA.  Dry grassland, reedbeds.  Ne,ce Zaire, extreme se Sudan and extreme cs Ethiopia s through Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania to e Zambia and Malawi.
Quelea erythrops  RED-HEADED QUELEA.  Moist savanna, reedbeds.  Senegambia, s Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Principé islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, s C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, s Chad, s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and s to c,e Angola, s Zambia, Malawi, e Mozambique and e S. Africa.

Quelea quelea  RED-BILLED QUELEA.  Dry savanna, acacia.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, s Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., c,s Chad and c,s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola and S. Africa.
Foudia madagascariensis  MADAGASCAR RED FODY.  Brush, grass, forest.  Lowlands to 2000 m of Madagascar, incl. I. Mitsios.  Intro. Comoro Is., Amirantes, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, St. Helena and perhaps Diego Garcia islands.
Foudia eminentissima  RED-HEADED FODY.  Forest.  Aldabra and Comoro is.
Foudia omissa  FOREST FODY.  Forest.  Lowlands to 1800 m of e Madagascar.  Often considered conspecific with E. eminentissima (e.g., Dowsett and Forbes-Watson, 1993 and Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire 1993).  Insular populations cannot intergrade and their designation as species or subspecies reflects the species concept applied, not objective evidence.

*Foudia rubra  MAURITIUS FODY.  Forest.  Mauritius I. in the Mascarene Is.

An extinct fody, alleged to have inhabited Réunion Island, is not substantiated by specimen or fossil evidence and may be ficticious.

Foudia sechellarum  SEYCHELLES FODY.  Forest.  Seychelles Is.