ADW: Ploceus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
        
        Family Ploceidae (weaver finches)
        
        Genus Ploceus
        
        Species Ploceus albinucha (Maxwell's black weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus alienus (strange weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus angolensis (bar-winged weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus aurantius (orange weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus aureonucha (golden-naped weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus badius (cinnamon weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus baglafecht (Baglafecht weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus bannermani (Bannerman's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus batesi (Bates's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus benghalensis (black-breasted weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus bertrandi (Bert Rand's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus bicolor (dark-backed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus bojeri (golden palm weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus burnieri (Kilombero weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus capensis (Cape weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus castaneiceps (Taveta golden weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus castanops (northern brown-throated weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus cucullatus (village weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus dicrocephalus (Juba weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus dorsomaculatus (yellow-capped weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus flavipes (yellow-legged weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus galbula (Rueppell's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus golandi (Clarke's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus grandis (giant weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus heuglini (Heuglin's masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus hypoxanthus (Asian golden weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus insignis (brown-capped weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus intermedius (lesser masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus jacksoni (golden-backed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus katangae (Katanga masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus luteolus (little masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus manyar (streaked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus megarhynchus (Finn's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus melanocephalus (black-headed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus melanogaster (black-billed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus nelicourvi (Nelicourvi weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus nicolli (Usambara weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus nigerrimus (Vieillot's black weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus nigricollis (black-necked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus nigrimentus (black-chinned weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus ocularis (spectacled weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus olivaceiceps (olive-headed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus pelzelni (slender-billed weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus philippinus (Baya weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus preussi (Preuss's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus princeps (Principe golden weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus reichardi (Tanzania masked-weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus rubiginosus (chestnut weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus ruweti (Lufira masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus sakalava (Sakalava weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus sanctaethomae (São Tomé weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus spekei (Speke's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus spekeoides (Fox's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus subaureus (African golden weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus subpersonatus (Loanga weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus superciliosus (compact weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus taeniopterus (northern masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus temporalis (Bocage's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus tricolor (yellow-mantled weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus velatus (African masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus vitellinus (vitelline masked weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus weynsi (Weyns's weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus xanthops (Holub's golden weaver)
        
        Species Ploceus xanthopterus (southern brown-throated weaver)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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