Ploceidae


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Related to Ploceidae: Weaver bird
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Noun1.Ploceidae - weaverbirds
family Ploceidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
weaver finch, weaverbird, weaver - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
genus Ploceus, Ploceus - type genus of the Ploceidae
genus Vidua, Vidua - whydahs
genus Padda, Padda - a genus of Ploceidae
Estrilda, genus Estrilda - avadavats
genus Poephila, Poephila - grassfinches
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Identification guide to North American birds: Part I Columbidae to Ploceidae. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, California.
Life history attributes of Arizona Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus) and comparisons with other North American subspecies
Part I: Columbidae to Ploceidae. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, California.
New distributional records for endangered black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapilla) on their wintering grounds in Mexico
The Spectacled Weaver is a species of Southern African bird in the Ploceidae family which includes birds such as Weavers, Queleas, Widowbirds.
Birds of Southern Africa: the spectacled weaver (Ploeeus ocularis)
Ploceidae Ploceus spp Weavers Bubalornis albirostris Buffalo weaver Plcepasser Chestut-crowned superciliosus sparrow weaver Anomalospiza imberbis Cuckoo finch Quelea quelea Red-billed quelea Ploceidae Bishop Ploceus luteolus Little weaver Anaplectes rubriceps Red-headed quelea Ploceus cucullatus Village weavers Sporopipes frontalis Speckle-fronted weaver Ploceus vitellinuus Vitelline masked weaver 25.
Species diversity and richness of wild birds in Dagona-Waterfowl Sanctuary, Nigeria
Gray, 1830) or Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, 1823) Passeriformes Ploceidae Quelea quelea (L., 1758) Sturnidae Onychognathus morio Amphibia (L., 1766) Species (1) Common name (1) Identified material (n) Chaerephon bivittatus Spotted Free-tailed skull (5) (Heuglin, 1861) bat Tadarida aegyptiaca Egyptian Free-tailed skull (1) (E.
Rediscovery of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae), in eastern Kenya, with notes on biology, natural history, and genetic variation of the Ukasi Hill population
Part I: Columbidae to Ploceidae. Bolinas, CA: Slate Creek Press.
Molt and body condition of Myrtle and Audubon's Warblers during migration-stopover in Portland, Oregon
The fundamentals of weaving are evident in the Fence series and a direct correlation to nature is seen in the elaborate nests of the Ploceidae, weaver birds related to the finch.
Fragility, elegance and decay
A invasao da America latina pelo pardal, Passer domesticus Linnaeus 1758, com referencia especial ao Brasil (Ploceidae, Aves).
Vertebrados naturalizados en el Peru: historia y estado del conocimiento

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