Belongs within: Passerida.
Contains: Malimbus, Euplectes, Ploceus.
The Ploceidae, weavers, are a group of granivorous birds found in Africa and southern Asia. Many species nest communally, with nests placed close together or sometimes conjoined into large unified structures that may house hundreds of birds. Representatives include the fodies of the genus Foudia, found on Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean, in which males are marked by bright red or yellow plumage.
<==Ploceidae [Alectuinae, Bubalornithinae, Ploceinae, Plocepasserinae, Textorinae]
|--Amblyospiza Sundevall 1850BKB15, B94 [Amblyospizinae]
| `--A. albifronsBKB15
`--+--+--Sporopipes Cabanis 1847BKB15, B94 [Sporopipinae]
| | |--S. frontalisBKB15
| | `--S. squamifronsJT12
| `--+--Philetairus Smith 1837BKB15, B94 [Philetairinae]
| | `--P. sociusBKB15
| `--Plocepasser Smith 1836BKB15, B94
| |--P. donaldsoniJT12
| |--P. mahaliBKB15
| | |--P. m. mahaliS05
| | `--P. m. melanorhynchus Rüppell 1845S05
| |--P. rufoscapulatusJT12
| `--P. superciliosus (Cretzschmar 1827) [=Ploceus superciliosus]S05
`--+--+--Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell 1845)BKB15, S05 (see below for synonymy)
| `--Bubalornis Smith 1836BKB15, B94 [incl. Alecto Lesson 1831 nec Leach 1815 nec Lamx. 1821B94]
| |--B. albirostrisBKB15
| `--B. nigerBKB15
`--+--+--EuplectesJT12
| `--+--QueleaBKB15
| | |--Q. cardinalisBKB15
| | |--Q. erythropsJT12
| | `--Q. queleaBKB15
| `--FoudiaBKB15
| |--F. aldabranaAP21
| |--F. bruante [=F. madagascariensis bruante]D81
| |--F. eminentissimaJT12
| |--F. erythropsD66
| |--F. flavicansJT12 [=Ploceus flavicansS66]
| |--F. madagascariensisBKB15
| |--F. omissaJT12
| |--F. rubraJT12
| `--F. sechellarumBKB15
`--PloceusBKB15
Ploceidae incertae sedis:
Pyromelana orixA61
Hyphanturgus ocularisA61
Anaplectes rubricepsJT12
Brachycope anomalaJT12
MalimbusJT12
Sitagra taeniopteraPB27
Histurgops ruficaudaAP21
Pseudonigrita Reichenow 1903AP21, B94 [Pseudonigritinae]
|--P. arnaudiJT12
`--P. cabanisiJT12
Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell 1845)BKB15, S05 [=Textor dinemelliS05; incl. T. leucocephalus Rüppell 1845S05, Ploceuspasser leucocephalusS05]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.
[A61] Austin, O. L., Jr. 1961. Birds of the World: A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Paul Hamlyn: London.
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[D81] Day, D. 1981. The Doomsday Book of Animals: A unique natural history of three hundred vanished species. Ebury Press: London.
[D66] Dohrn, H. 1866. Synopsis of the birds of Ilha do Principe, with some remarks on their habits and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 324–332.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[PB27] Pilsbry, H. A., & J. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo, with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53 (2): 69–602, pls 10–77.
[S66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.
[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233–264.