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Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus · Family Ploceidae
Ploceus velatus
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 501,082
- Countries and territories with records
- 40
About this species
This species has 501,082 occurrence records from 40 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (89.1%), Namibia (5.3%), Zimbabwe (1.7%) and Botswana (1.6%); together they account for 97.6% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ploceus velatus combines the genus name Ploceus with the species epithet velatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 54 species of the genus Ploceus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ploceus capensis, Ploceus cucullatus and Ploceus philippinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 13 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.