Familie: Ploceidae / Widowbirds (non-parasitair) (Euplectes)
 
 Genus: Euplectes     widavinken (widowbirds)
    Euplectes albonotatus  White-winged Widowbird, Cinnamon-shouldered Widowbird, White-fronted Widowbird, White-shouldered Widowbird Subspecies:
       (yellow shoulders) Euplectes albonotatus albonotatus
       (brown shoulders) Euplectes albonotatus eques
        Euplectes albonotatus asymmetrurus
    Euplectes ardens Red-collared Widowbird, Cut-throat, Eastern Red-collared Widowbird, Red-naped Widowbird Subspecies:
        Euplectes ardens ardens
        Euplectes ardens laticauda 
        Euplectes ardens suahelicus 
     
Long-tailed Black Whydah
Euplectes ardens concolor
    Euplectes axillaris  Fan-tailed Widowbird, Redshouldered Whydah, Red-shouldered Widowbird Subspecies:
        Euplectes axillaris axillaris
        Euplectes axillaris bocagei
        Euplectes axillaris phoeniceus
        Euplectes axillaris traversii 
        Euplectes axillaris zanzibaricus
     Euplectes capensis  Yellow Bishop, Black-and-yellow Bishop, Cape Bishop, Yellow-rumped Bishop Subspecies: 
        Euplectes capensis capensis 
        Euplectes capensis approximans 
        Euplectes capensis crassirostris
        Euplectes capensis xanthomelas
        Euplectes capensis angolensis 
        Euplectes capensis phoenicomerus 
    Euplectes hartlaubi Marsh Widowbird, Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird Subspecies:
        Euplectes hartlaubi hartlaubi
        Euplectes hartlaubi humeralis
    Euplectes jacksoni  Jackson's Widowbird, Jackson's Whydah monotypic 
    Euplectes macroura  Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Yellowbacked Widow, Yellow-mantled Widowbird Subspecies:
       Yellowbacked Widowbird Euplectes macroura macroura
       Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes macroura macrocercus
        Euplectes macroura conradsi
    Euplectes progne  Long-tailed Widowbird, Long-tailed Progne, Long-tailed Whydah, Sakabula Subspecies:
        Euplectes progne progne
        Euplectes progne delamerei
        Euplectes progne delacouri
    Euplectes psammacromius  Buff-shouldered Widowbird, Buff-shouldered Whydah, Highland Marsh Widowbird, Montane Marsh Widowbird, Nyasa Marsh Widowbird monotypic
 
 
   Familie Viduidae / Indigobirds and Whydahs (parasitair)  
 
 Genus: Anomalospiza    overigen (others)
    Anomalospiza imberbis Parasitic Weaver, Cameroon Cuckoo-Weaver, Cuckoo Weaver, Cuckoofinch Weaver Subspecies:
        Anomalospiza imberbis imberbis
        Anomalospiza imberbis butleri
 Genus: Vidua 

Wida's of Staal- en atlasvinken

(Whydahs / Indigobirds)

    Vidua camerunensis  Cameroon Indigobird, Cameroon Green Indigobird, Fonio Indigobird monotypic
    Vidua chalybeata  Village Indigobird, Green Indigobird, Indigobird, Purple Indigobird, Senegal Indigo Finch, South African indigobird, Steel-blue Indigobird, Steelblue Widowfinch, Village Combassou Subspecies:
        Vidua chalybeata chalybeata
        Vidua chalybeata amauropteryx
        Vidua chalybeata centralis
        Vidua chalybeata neumanni
        Vidua chalybeata okavangoensis
        Vidua chalybeata ultramarina
    Vidua codringtoni  Zambezi Indigobird, Codrington's IndigobirdIndigobird, Green Indigobird, Peter's Twinspot Indigobird, Twinspot Indigobird, Twinspot Widowfinch, Zambezi Indigobird monotypic 
    Vidua fischeri  Straw-tailed Whydah, Fischer's Pin-tailed Whydah, Fischer's Whydah, Straw-tailed Widow monotypic 
    Vidua funerea  Variable Indigobird, Black Indigobird, Black Widowfinch, Dusky Indigobird, Nigerian Indigo Finch, White-fronted Indigobird Subspecies:
        Vidua funerea funerea
        Vidua funerea nigerrima
    Vidua hypocherina  Steel-blue Whydah, Steely-blue Pin-tailed Whydah monotypic
    Vidua interjecta  Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah, Exclamations Paradise-Whydah, Exclamatory Whydah, Long-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Widow, Nigerian Paradise Whydah, Uelle Paradise Whydah, Uelle Paradise Widow monotypic
    Vidua larvaticola  Baka Indigobird, Black-faced Firefinch Indigobird monotypic 
    Vidua macroura  Pin-tailed Whydah, Haagner's Pin-tailed Whydah, Koning Roodebec, Pin-tailed Widow monotypic
    Vidua maryae  Jos Plateau Indigobird, Plateau Indigobird monotypic
    Vidua nigeriae  Quailfinch Indigobird, Alexander's Indigo Bird monotypic
    Vidua obtusa Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Widow, Chapin's Paradise-Whydah, Nyasa Paradise Whydah monotypic
    Vidua orientalis Northern Paradise-Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Northern Paradise Widow, Sahel Paradise Whydah, Sahel Paradise Widow Subspecies:
        Vidua orientalis orientalis
        Vidua orientalis aucupum
    Vidua paradisaea Eastern Paradise-Whydah, African Paradise-Whydah, Eastern Paradise Widow, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Widow, Paradise Whydah, Paradise Widow monotypic 
    Vidua purpurascens Dusky Indigobird, Black Indigobird, Kenya Purple Indigobird, Purple Widow-finch, Purple Indigobird, Hypochera purpurascens monotypic 
    Vidua raricola Jambandu Indigobird, Goldbreast Indigobird monotypic 
    Vidua regia Queen Whydah, Shaft-tailed Whydah, Shaft-tailed Paradise Whydah, Shaft-tailed Widow monotypic 
    Vidua togoensis Togo Paradise-Whydah, Togo Paradise Widow, Togo Whydah, Togo Widow monotypic 
    Vidua wilsoni Pale-winged Indigobird, Shaft-tailed Paradise Whydah, Shafttailed Whydah, Shaft-tailed Widow, Pale-winged Indigobird, Purple Indigobird, Wilson's Indigobird monotypic