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Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus · Family Ploceidae
Ploceus philippinus
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 211,622
- Countries and territories with records
- 29
About this species
This species has 211,622 occurrence records from 29 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (82.2%), Thailand (7%), Malaysia (3.2%), Nepal (1.5%) and Sri Lanka (1.4%); together they account for 95.2% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ploceus philippinus combines the genus name Ploceus with the species epithet philippinus. 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 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 5.5 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.