Weavers and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in Lesotho.
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Lesotho
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