| Ploceus
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Bocage's weaver (P. temporalis) and
Bertram's weaver (P. bertrandi) ♀
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Aves
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| Order:
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Passeriformes
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| Family:
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Ploceidae
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| Genus:
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Ploceus
Cuvier, 1816
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| Type species
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Loxia philippina
Linnaeus, 1766
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| Species
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See text
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| Synonyms
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- Hyphanthurgus Sundevall, 1872
- Hyphanturgus Cabanis, 1851
- Nelicurvius Bonaparte, 1850
- Nelicurvus Pollen, 1863
- Notiospiza Oberholser, 1905
- Othyphantes Shelley, 1896
- Pachyphantes Shelley, 1896
- Phormoplectes Reichenow, 1903
- Ploceus victoriae Ash, 1986
- Ploceys Billberg, 1828
- Ploceëlla Oates, 1874
- Plocion Merrem, 1826
- Plocus Lafresnaye, 1835
- Sharpia Barboza de Bocage, 1878
- Simplectes Lesson, 1844
- Sitagra Reichenbach, 1850
- Sitagroides Roberts, 1947
- Sycobrotus Cabanis, 1851
- Symplectes Swainson, 1837
- Textor Temminck, 1827
- Thomasophantes Sclater, 1925
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Ploceus is a genus of birds in the weaver family, Ploceidae. They are native to the Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.