Ploceidae


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Of the families with the largest sample sizes, the Zosteropidae and Ploceidae had the highest prevalence of infection (65.6% and 49.3%, respectively).
Sushkin (1927) concluded that the waxbills were most closely related to the whydahs (Vidua), but belonged as a subfamily in the Ploceidae. Tordoff (1954) on the basis of skull characters placed the Estrildinae in the Ploceidae, near the Carduelinae.
In addition, 23 skeletons of eight species of Viduinae and 52 skeletons of 22 species of 13 genera of Ploceidae (two genera of Bubalornithinae, five of Passerinae, and six of Ploceinae) were compared.
Columbidae to Ploceidae. Bolinas (CA): Slate Creek Press; 1997.
species limits in the indigobirds (Ploceidae, Vidua) of West Africa: mouth mimicry, song mimicry, and description of new species.
Identification guide to North American birds: Part I-Columbidae to Ploceidae. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, California.
Identification guide to North American birds, Part 1 (Columbidae to Ploceidae).
An application of the neutral model to the evolution of tail length in the genus Euplectes (Aves, Ploceidae).
RM mL [O.sub.2]/ BW GS Family Genus/species hg g pg Muscicapidae Turdus merula 2.13 82.8 2.49 Turdus philomelos 2.49 64.9 2.18 Emberizidae Zonotrichia albicollis 2.88 22.1 2.73 Ploceidae Lonchura striata 3.71 10.3 2.84 Passer domesticus 3.10 24.7 2.49 Corvidae Cyanocitta cristata 1.85 80.8 2.86 Garrulus glandarius 1.62 153.0 2.47 Pica pica 1.41 188.3 2.50 Corvus monedula 1.56 203.7 2.49 Corvus corone 1.22 465.2 2.46 Corvus corax 1.01 1029.1 2.42 RESULTS