Plocepasser

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Plocepasser

Plocepasser mahali
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Plocepasser A. Smith, 1836

Plocepasser is a genus of bird, classified in the family Passeridae (sparrows), or sometimes in the family Ploceidae (weavers). It contains the following species:

Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni)
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser rufoscapulatus)
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus)
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)

References

Craig 2010. Family Ploceidae. pp. 74-197 in: del Hoyo, Elliott and Christie, eds. 2010. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

v t e Sparrows (family: Passeridae)

Genus	Species

Hypocryptadius	Cinnamon Ibon

Passer	Saxaul Sparrow House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow Italian Sparrow Sind Sparrow Somali Sparrow Russet Sparrow or Cinnamon Sparrow Plain-backed Sparrow or Pegu Sparrow Dead Sea Sparrow Great Sparrow Socotra Sparrow Abd al-Kuri Sparrow Kenya Sparrow Kordofan Sparrow Shelley's Sparrow Iago Sparrow Cape Sparrow Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Swainson's Sparrow Parrot-billed Sparrow Swahili Sparrow Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Desert Sparrow Eurasian Tree Sparrow Sudan Golden Sparrow Arabian Golden Sparrow Chestnut Sparrow Passer predomesticus

Petronia	Yellow-spotted Petronia Yellow-throated Sparrow Yellow-throated Petronia Bush Petronia Rock Sparrow

Carpospiza	Pale Rockfinch

Montifringilla (snowfinches)	White-winged Snowfinch Henri's Snowfinch Tibetan Snowfinch or Black-winged Snowfinch White-rumped Snowfinch Père David's Snowfinch Rufous-necked Snowfinch Blanford's Snowfinch Afghan Snowfinch

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