Ploceus

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

Taxonomy and systematics

Phylogeny

The genus Ploceus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the baya weaver.[2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek πλοκευς plokeus meaning "weaver", and is derived from the Greek word πλεκω plekō "to entwine".[3]

Based on recent DNA-analysis, the genus Ploceus is almost certainly polyphyletic. If all species currently included in the genus would remain and the genus would be made monophyletic, it would have to encompass the entire subfamily Ploceinae. The Ploceinae can be divided into two groups. In the first group, the widowbirds and bishops (genus Euplectes) are sister to a clade in which the genera Foudia and Quelea are closest relatives and which further includes the Asiatic species of Ploceus, i.e. P. manyar, P. philippinus, P. benghalensis, P. megarhynchus, (and P. hypoxanthus, although untested). Since Georges Cuvier picked P. philippinus as the type species, these five species would logically remain assigned to the genus Ploceus.

Basic to the second group is a clade consisting of both species so far included in Ploceus that live on Madagascar, P. nelicourvi and P. sakalava, and these are morphologically very distinct from the remaining species. These two species could in future be assigned to the genus Nelicurvius that was erected by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850, but which was merged with Ploceus later on. This second group further contains the genera Malimbus and Anaplectes, and all remaining Ploceus species. As Malimbus is the earlier name, erected by Vieillot et al. in 1805, the remaining species of Ploceus, as well as Anaplectes rubiceps, could in future be assigned to Malimbus.[4] These changes are largely corroborated by morphological revisions.[5][6] Provided that the other genera that have not been proposed to be merged into an extended "Malimbus" are monophyletic, the following (incomplete) tree expresses current insights. Script error: No such module "Clade".

Species list

File:The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region (1896) (14745658961).jpg
Speke's weaver (Ploceus spekei, below) and village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus subsp. nigriceps)

The genus contains 67 species.[7]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
File:Baglafecht Weaver - Tanzania 0106 (22850517295).jpg Baglafecht weaver Ploceus baglafecht highlands of equatorial Africa
File:Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani).jpg Bannerman's weaver Ploceus bannermani Western High Plateau
File:OthyphantesBatesiGronvold.jpg Bates's weaver Ploceus batesi Cameroon.
Black-chinned weaver Ploceus nigrimentus Bailundu Highlands of western Angola, on the Batéké Plateau in Republic of the Congo, and in eastern Gabon.
File:HyphantornisBertrandiKeulemans.jpg Bertram's weaver Ploceus bertrandi Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
File:Slender billed weaver fem1.jpg Slender-billed weaver Ploceus pelzelni equatorial Africa
Loango weaver Ploceus subpersonatus maritime Central Africa
File:Little Weaver - Baringo - Kenya NH8O1263 (22229369863).jpg Little weaver Ploceus luteolus western Sudan (region) and East Africa
File:Spectacled Weaver.jpg Spectacled weaver Ploceus ocularis Sub-Saharan Africa (except west, south, Horn of Africa and Madagascar)
File:Ploceus nigricollis.jpeg Black-necked weaver Ploceus nigricollis equatorial Africa
File:Black-necked Weaver - Ghana S4E2483 (22458282099).jpg Olive-naped weaver Ploceus brachypterus West Africa
File:Strange weaver.jpg Strange weaver Ploceus alienus Albertine Rift montane forests.
File:Black-billed Weaver - Kakamega - Kenya 6 1635 (22227722834).jpg Black-billed weaver Ploceus melanogaster central Africa.
File:Cape Weaver (44031839504).jpg Cape weaver Ploceus capensis southern Africa.
File:The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region (1896) (14748527162), Ploceus temporalis.jpg Bocage's weaver Ploceus temporalis Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia.
File:Eastern golden weaver - KwaZulu-Natal (8450712989).jpg Eastern golden weaver Ploceus subaureus highlands of eastern and south-eastern Africa.
File:Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops) (22561083782).jpg Holub's golden weaver Ploceus xanthops miombo and adjacent areas
File:Orange Weaver near Ankasa - Ghana 14 S4E2261 (15578575333).jpg Orange weaver Ploceus aurantius African tropical rainforest.
File:Heuglin's Masked Weaver specimen RWD.jpg Heuglin's masked weaver Ploceus heuglini Senegal, Gambia and Mali to Ivory Coast and east to Uganda and western Kenya.
File:Golden Palm Weaver - Meru - Kenya 06 8317 (22850470935).jpg Golden palm weaver Ploceus bojeri eastern Africa.
File:Taveta Golden Weaver RWD.jpg Taveta weaver Ploceus castaneiceps African Savannah in Kenya and Tanzania.
File:Príncipe golden weaver (Ploceus princeps) male.jpg Príncipe weaver Ploceus princeps São Tomé and Príncipe
File:Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) (45671971275).jpg Northern brown-throated weaver Ploceus castanops Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.
File:Southern brown-throated weaver (Ploceus xanthopterus castaneigula) male.jpg Southern brown-throated weaver Ploceus xanthopterus southern Africa.
Ruvu weaver Ploceus holoxanthus Tanzania
Kilombero weaver Ploceus burnieri Tanzania
File:Al-habbak.jpg Rüppell's weaver Ploceus galbula eastern Africa and southwestern Arabian Peninsula
File:Northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) male.jpg Northern masked weaver Ploceus taeniopterus Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan.
File:Black Headed Oriole (6290941942).jpg Lesser masked weaver Ploceus intermedius eastern, south-eastern and southern Africa.
File:Maskenwebervogel2.jpeg Southern masked weaver Ploceus velatus southern Africa.
File:20160605 0518 Bangweulu Tisserin du Katanga (cropped).jpg Katanga masked weaver Ploceus katangae south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia.
Lufira masked weaver Ploceus ruweti Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tanzanian masked weaver Ploceus reichardi south-western Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia.
File:Vitelline Masked Weaver male RWD.jpg Vitelline masked weaver Ploceus vitellinus western, central and eastern Africa.
File:Speke's weaver (Ploceus spekei).jpg Speke's weaver Ploceus spekei northern and eastern Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and north-eastern Tanzania
File:Fox's Weaver specimen RWD.jpg Fox's weaver Ploceus spekeoides Uganda.
File:Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male.jpg Village weaver Ploceus cucullatus Sub-Saharan Africa; introduced to Hispaniola, Dominica, Mauritius and Réunion.
File:Ploceus grandis cropped.jpg Giant weaver Ploceus grandis São Tomé Island.
File:Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus castaneofuscus) male.jpg Chestnut-and-black weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus West Africa
File:Viellot's Weaver - Kibale - Uganda 06 4155 (22850466945).jpg Vieillot's black weaver Ploceus nigerrimus Central Africa
File:Weyns's Weaver specimen RWD.jpg Weyns's weaver Ploceus weynsi eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania.
File:Clarke's Weaver specimen RWD.jpg Kilifi weaver Ploceus golandi Kenya.
File:Juba Weaver.jpg Juba weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus Horn of Africa.
File:Yellow backed weaver.jpg Black-headed weaver Ploceus melanocephalus West, Central, and East Africa
File:Golden-backed Weaver - Baringo - Kenya NH8O1102 (28909840167).jpg Golden-backed weaver Ploceus jacksoni Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Cinnamon weaver Ploceus badius Sudan and South Sudan
File:Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) male.jpg Chestnut weaver Ploceus rubiginosus eastern and south-western Africa.
Golden-naped weaver Ploceus aureonucha northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
File:Yellow-mantled Weaver - Kakum - Ghana 14 S4E2382 (16012589227).jpg Yellow-mantled weaver Ploceus tricolor African tropical rainforest.
File:Maxwell's Black Weaver, Kakum, Ghana S4E1381, crop.jpg Maxwell's black weaver Ploceus albinucha African tropical rainforest.
File:Nelicourvi Weaver.jpg Nelicourvi weaver Ploceus nelicourvi Madagascar
File:Sakalavawever 2.JPG Sakalava weaver Ploceus sakalava Madagascar.
File:Asian Golden Weaver - Petchaburi - Thailand S4E4522 (14072230600) (2) (cropped).jpg Asian golden weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
File:Compact Weaver - Kibale - Uganda 06 4363 (22432186368) (cropped).jpg Compact weaver Ploceus superciliosus sparsely distributed across African tropical rainforest and adjacent areas
File:Blackbreastedweaver DSC 6530 040813 dadri.jpg Black-breasted weaver Ploceus benghalensis South Asia
File:Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar) (37514260752).jpg Streaked weaver Ploceus manyar Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
File:Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus male Breeding plumage by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSC 5420 (15).jpg Baya weaver Ploceus philippinus Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
File:Finn's Weaver Baur Reservoir Uttarand India 05.10.2014.jpg Finn's weaver Ploceus megarhynchus India and Nepal
File:Dark-backed weaver, Ploceus bicolor, also known as the forest weaver at Ndumo Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (28841131011).jpg Dark-backed weaver Ploceus bicolor Sub-Saharan Africa (except west, south, Horn of Africa and Madagascar)
File:Original18.jpg Preuss's weaver Ploceus preussi Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Yellow-capped weaver Ploceus dorsomaculatus Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
File:Olive-Headed Weaver (6885957391).jpg Olive-headed weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Usambara weaver Ploceus nicolli Tanzania.
File:Brown-capped Weaver - Kakamega - Kenya 06 2716 (22227720784) (cropped).jpg Brown-capped weaver Ploceus insignis Western High Plateau, Albertine Rift montane forests, Imatong Mountains and Kenya
File:Ploceus angolensis Keulemans.jpg Bar-winged weaver Ploceus angolensis Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
File:Ploceus sanctithomae - Beitrag zur Ornithologie Westafrica's (cropped) (cropped).jpg São Tomé weaver Ploceus sanctithomae São Tomé and Príncipe.
Yellow-legged weaver Ploceus flavipes Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

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