Sparrow-weaver

Sparrow-weavers
White-browed sparrow-weaver, Plocepasser mahali
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Plocepasser
A. Smith, 1836
Synonyms
  • Philagrus
  • Ploceopasser
  • Ploceuspasser[1]

The sparrow-weavers, Plocepasser, are a genus of birds. It is classified in the family Ploceidae (weavers), but some taxonomic authorities place them in the family Passeridae (Old World sparrows). It contains the following species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Plocepasser donaldsoniDonaldson Smith's sparrow-weaverEthiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Plocepasser rufoscapulatusChestnut-backed sparrow-weaverAngola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia.
Plocepasser superciliosusChestnut-crowned sparrow-weaverBenin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Plocepasser mahaliWhite-browed sparrow-weavernorthern South Africa, its range includes Botswana, northern and central Namibia, and western Zimbabwe

Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Based on recent DNA-analysis (which only included P. mahali), the genus Plocepasser belongs to the group of sparrow weavers (subfamily Plocepasserinae), and is most related to the clade that consists of Philetairus socius and the genus Pseudonigrita. This clade is sister to the most basic genus of the subfamily, Sporopipes.[2] Provided that genera are correct clades, the following tree expresses current insights.

family Ploceidae

subfamily Amblyospizinae

Amblyospiza albifrons

 
 

 

subfamily Plocepasserinae

 

Sporopipes

 
 

 

Plocepasser

 
 

 

Philetairus socius

 
 

Pseudonigrita

 
 
 
 
 
 

subfamily Bubalornithinae

 

Dinemellia dinemelli

 
 

Bubalornis

 
 
subfamily Ploceinae

all other weaverbirds

 
 
 
 

References

  1. 1 2 "Plocepasser Smith, A, 1836". Global Biodivedrsity Information Facility. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  2. ↑ De Silva, Thilina N.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Bates, John M.; Fernandoa, Sumudu W.; Girard, Matthew G. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 21–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.013. Retrieved 2017-04-05.


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