Ploceus Cuvier, 1816 Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée 1 p.383 Loxiaphilippina Linnaeus, 1766; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus, p.42)
1258. Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821) Original Description:Fringillamanyar Horsfield, 1821 Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13 p.160 Taxonomy: Western flaviceps intergrades with eastern peguensis in W Bengal. Alternative Names: Streaked Weaver Bird IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
1258a. Ploceus manyar flaviceps (Lesson, 1831) [HB#1962] Original Description:Loxiaflaviceps Lesson, 1831 Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux p.435 (Pondichery) Distribution: Three nearly disjunct population (a) N India in the Indo-Gangetic plains from Jammu, through Punjab, Haryana, Delhi region, adjoining Himachal and Uttarakhand; N Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and W Bengal (b) Kachchh (connected to Sindh population in Pakistan) and (c) S India from S Maharashtra south till Tamil Nadu and Kerala, extending through E coast of Andhra and Odisha till about W Bengal. Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, RBINS, FMNH, TNHM
1258b. Ploceus manyar peguensis Baker, 1925 [HB#1963] Original Description:Ploceusmanyarpeguensis Baker, 1925 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 45 p.58 Distribution: E Bihar, SW and N Bengal, as well as Brahmaputra plains of Assam and adjoining E Arunachal. Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, YPM
1259. Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Alternative Names: Baya, Indian Baya IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
1259a. Ploceus philippinus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) [HB#1957] Original Description:Loxiaphilippina Linnaeus, 1766 Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] 12, p.305 (Puducherry) Taxonomy: Includes here baya Blyth 1844 from 'India' and sardarpateli Koelz 1952 from Ratnapur, Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, Gujarat. Type locality recently restricted to Puducherry (Oschadleus 2018, Zootaxa 4524 (3): 395). Distribution: Throughout India from Jammu south till Tamil Nadu, east till Bihar and W Bengal, and west till Rajasthan (excluding Thar) and Gujarat. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, HYD
1259b. Ploceus philippinus travancoreensis Ali & Whistler, 1936 [HB#1958] Original Description:Ploceusphilippinustravancoreensis Ali & Whistler, 1936 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 38 p.504 (Kottayam backwaters, Kerala) Distribution: SW coast from about Goa through coastal Karnataka and Kerala. Type Specimen: NHMUK#1936.6.18.2 (Holotype). Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, YPM, TNHM
1259c. Ploceus philippinus burmanicus Ticehurst, 1932 [HB#1959] Original Description:Ploceusinfortunatusburmanicus Ticehurst, 1932 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 52 p.105 Taxonomy: Intergrades with the nominate subspecies in W Bengal. Distribution: E India from E Bihar, W Bengal, and the Brahmaputra plains of Assam and adjoining E Arunachal as well as the lowland regions of all NE hill states. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, YPM
1260a. Ploceus megarhynchus megarhynchus Hume, 1869 [HB#1960] Original Description:Ploceusmegarhynchus Hume, 1869 Ibis p.356 (Kaladhungi, below Nainital, Uttarakhand) Taxonomy: Includes here rutledgii Finn 1899 from Nainital, Uttarakhand. Distribution: Historically, the Terai region of Uttarakhand and N Uttar Pradesh; now restricted to Rampur and Bijnor districts in N Uttar Pradesh and Udham Singh Nagar district of S Uttarakhand. Type Specimen: NHMUK#1887.1.1.1660 (Syntype). Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ Notes: See Bharghava (2017, State of Finna's Weaver: Past & Present) for a detailed status review.
1260b. Ploceus megarhynchus salimalii Abdulali, 1961 [HB#1960a] Original Description:Ploceusmegarhynchussalimalii Abdulali, 1961 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57 p. 660 (Bhutan Dooars, W Bengal) Distribution: Terai of N Bengal (historical) and C Assam plains. Type Specimen: BNHS#6933 (Holotype). Specimens: BNHS, UMMZ Notes: Historical reports from Kolkata could be escaped individuals (see Bhargava 2017, Status of Finn's Weaver in India: Past & Present p. 73).
1261. Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) [HB#1961] Original Description:Loxiabenghalensis Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.175 (Bengal) Taxonomy: Two forms, black-faced and white-faced, have been argued to be two subspecies (see Pittie et al. 1999, JBNHS 96 (2): 187; Unnithan 2001, JBNHS 98 (3): 348; Menon et al. 2022, IB 17 (6): 174). Alternative Names: Bengal Weaver, Black-throated Weaver, Black-throated Weaver Bird Distribution: Through Indian subcontinent from Jammu south through all states in the Indo-Gangetic and Brahmaputra plains, E Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, NW Maharashtra; on the E peninsula from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra, extending to N Karnataka; sporadically in Manipur valley; recently further south in Chennai and Bengaluru region and expanding further south to Coimbatore and Madurai. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, YPM, LKO, FTLB IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II. Notes: Range expansion in S India of the white-faced form is likely to be a natural one rather than from an escapee stock.
