Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Passeroidea
               Family Ploceidae Sundevall, 1836 - weavers, sparrows
                 Subfamily Ploceinae
                   Genus Ploceus Cuvier, 1816
                     0 Ploceus victoriae Ash, 1986
                     01 Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin, 1802)
                     02 Ploceus bannermani Chapin, 1932
                     03 Ploceus batesi (Sharpe, 1908) - Bates's weaver
                     04 Ploceus nigrimentus Reichenow, 1904
                     05 Ploceus bertrandi (Shelley, 1893)
                     06 Ploceus pelzelni (Hartlaub, 1887)
                     07 Ploceus subpersonatus (Cabanis, 1876)
                     08 Ploceus luteolus (M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823)
                     09 Ploceus ocularis A. Smith, 1839
                     10 Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805)
                     11 Ploceus alienus (Sharpe, 1902)
                     12 Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, 1887
                     13 Ploceus capensis (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                     14 Ploceus temporalis (Bocage, 1880)
                     15 Ploceus subaureus A. Smith, 1839
                     16 Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862)
                     17 Ploceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805)
                     18 Ploceus heuglini Reichenow, 1886
                     19 Ploceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869)
                     20 Ploceus castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1890)
                     21 Ploceus princeps (Bonaparte, 1850)
                     22 Ploceus castanops Shelley, 1888
                     23 Ploceus xanthopterus (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)
                     24 Ploceus burnieri N.E. Baker & E.M. Baker, 1990
                     25 Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840
                     26 Ploceus taeniopterus Reichenbach, 1863
                     27 Ploceus intermedius Rüppell, 1845
                     28 Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819
                     29 Ploceus katangae (Verheyen, 1947)
                     30 Ploceus ruweti Louette & Benson, 1982
                     31 Ploceus reichardi Reichenow, 1886
                     32 Ploceus vitellinus (M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823)
                     33 Ploceus spekei (Heuglin, 1861)
                     34 Ploceus spekeoides Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 - Fox's weaver
                     35 Ploceus cucullatus (P.L. Statius Müller, 1776)
                     36 Ploceus grandis (G.R. Gray, 1844)
                     37 Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819
                     38 Ploceus weynsi (A.J.C. Dubois, 1900)
                     39 Ploceus golandi (Stephenson Clarke, 1913) - Clarke's weaver
                     40 Ploceus dicrocephalus (Salvadori, 1896)
                     41 Ploceus melanocephalus (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                     42 Ploceus jacksoni Shelley, 1888
                     43 Ploceus badius (Cassin, 1850)
                     44 Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell, 1840
                     45 Ploceus aureonucha Sassi, 1920
                     46 Ploceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854)
                     47 Ploceus albinucha (Bocage, 1876)
                     48 Ploceus nelicourvi (Scopoli, 1786)
                     49 Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub, 1861
                     50 Ploceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman, 1788)
                     51 Ploceus superciliosus (Shelley, 1873)
                     52 Ploceus benghalensis (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                     53 Ploceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821)
                     54 Ploceus philippinus (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                     55 Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869
                     56 Ploceus bicolor Vieillot, 1819
                     57 Ploceus preussi (Reichenow, 1892)
                     58 Ploceus dorsomaculatus (Reichenow, 1893)
                     59 Ploceus olivaceiceps (Reichenow, 1899)
                     60 Ploceus nicolli W.L. Sclater, 1931
                     61 Ploceus insignis (Sharpe, 1891)
                     62 Ploceus angolensis (Bocage, 1878)
                     63 Ploceus sanctaethomae nom. null. see Ploceus sanctithomae (Hartlaub, 1848)
                     64 Ploceus flavipes (Chapin, 1916)