List of birds of Benin
Weavers and allies
Weavers and allies
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Order: [Passeriformes](/wiki/Passeriformes "Passeriformes")Family: [Ploceidae](/wiki/Ploceidae "Ploceidae")

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the [finches](/wiki/Finch "Finch"). 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.

* [White\-billed buffalo\-weaver](/wiki/White-billed_buffalo-weaver "White-billed buffalo-weaver"), *Bubalornis albirostris*
* [Speckle\-fronted weaver](/wiki/Speckle-fronted_weaver "Speckle-fronted weaver"), *Sporopipes frontalis*
* [Chestnut\-crowned sparrow\-weaver](/wiki/Chestnut-crowned_sparrow-weaver "Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver"), *Plocepasser superciliosus*
* [Red\-vented malimbe](/wiki/Red-vented_malimbe "Red-vented malimbe"), *Malimbus scutatus*
* [Blue\-billed malimbe](/wiki/Blue-billed_malimbe "Blue-billed malimbe"), *Malimbus nitens*
* [Red\-headed malimbe](/wiki/Red-headed_malimbe "Red-headed malimbe"), *Malimbus rubricollis*
* [Red\-headed weaver](/wiki/Red-headed_weaver "Red-headed weaver"), *Anaplectes rubriceps*
* [Little weaver](/wiki/Little_weaver "Little weaver"), *Ploceus luteolus*
* [Slender\-billed weaver](/wiki/Slender-billed_weaver "Slender-billed weaver"), *Ploceus pelzelni*
* [Olive\-naped weaver](/wiki/Olive-naped_weaver "Olive-naped weaver"), *Ploceus brachypterus*
* [Orange weaver](/wiki/Orange_weaver "Orange weaver"), *Ploceus aurantius*
* [Vitelline masked\-weaver](/wiki/Vitelline_masked-weaver "Vitelline masked-weaver"), *Ploceus vitellinus*
* [Heuglin's masked\-weaver](/wiki/Heuglin%27s_masked-weaver "Heuglin's masked-weaver"), *Ploceus heuglini*
* [Chestnut\-and\-black weaver](/wiki/Chestnut-and-black_weaver "Chestnut-and-black weaver"), *Ploceus castaneofuscus*
* [Village weaver](/wiki/Village_weaver "Village weaver"), *Ploceus cucullatus*
* [Black\-headed weaver](/wiki/Black-headed_weaver "Black-headed weaver"), *Ploceus melanocephalus*
* [Yellow\-mantled weaver](/wiki/Yellow-mantled_weaver "Yellow-mantled weaver"), *Ploceus tricolor*
* [Compact weaver](/wiki/Compact_weaver "Compact weaver"), *Pachyphantes superciliosus*
* [Red\-headed quelea](/wiki/Red-headed_quelea "Red-headed quelea"), *Quelea erythrops*
* [Red\-billed quelea](/wiki/Red-billed_quelea "Red-billed quelea"), *Quelea quelea*
* [Northern red bishop](/wiki/Northern_red_bishop "Northern red bishop"), *Euplectes franciscanus*
* [Black\-winged bishop](/wiki/Black-winged_bishop "Black-winged bishop"), *Euplectes hordeaceus*
* [Yellow\-crowned bishop](/wiki/Yellow-crowned_bishop "Yellow-crowned bishop"), *Euplectes afer*
* [Yellow\-mantled widowbird](/wiki/Yellow-mantled_widowbird "Yellow-mantled widowbird"), *Euplectes macroura*
* [Red\-collared widowbird](/wiki/Red-collared_widowbird "Red-collared widowbird"), *Euplectes ardens*
* [Fan\-tailed widowbird](/wiki/Fan-tailed_widowbird "Fan-tailed widowbird"), *Euplectes axillaris* (A)
* [Grosbeak weaver](/wiki/Grosbeak_weaver "Grosbeak weaver"), *Amblyospiza albifrons*


How are weavers related to finches?