Ploceidae (weaver finches) | CLASSIFICATION

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 (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        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 Amblyospiza
        
        Genus Anaplectes
        
        Genus Brachycope
        
        Genus Bubalornis
        
        Genus Dinemellia
        
        Genus Euplectes (bishops)
        
        Genus Foudia
        
        Genus Malimbus
        
        Genus Ploceus
        
        Genus Quelea
        
        Genus Sporopipes