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Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis · Family Ploceidae
Ploceus ocularis
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 135,043
- Countries and territories with records
- 29
About this species
This species has 135,043 occurrence records from 29 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (68.1%), Kenya (9.8%), Zimbabwe (4.3%), Uganda (2.9%) and Tanzania (2.6%); together they account for 87.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ploceus ocularis combines the genus name Ploceus with the species epithet ocularis. The Warbla app catalog lists 54 species of the genus Ploceus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ploceus velatus, Ploceus capensis and Ploceus cucullatus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.