Comoros fody

Species of bird

Comoros fody

Red-headed fody on a 2011 stamp of Seychelles

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Ploceidae
Genus:  | Foudia
Species:  |

F. eminentissima

Binomial name
Foudia eminentissima

Bonaparte, 1850

The Comoros fody (Foudia eminentissima), also known as the red-headed fody, is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in the Comoros. The taxon aldabrana, was previously often considered a subspecies of the Comoros fody. Previously, the forest fody from Madagascar was considered a subspecies of the Comoros fody.

## References[edit]

1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Foudia eminentissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103811224A94613700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103811224A94613700.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Foudia eminentissima.

* Aldabra fody and Comoros fody on Weaver Watch
* Red-headed fody media on the Internet Bird Collection

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Family: Ploceidae

Genus|

Species

Bubalornis|

* White-billed buffalo weaver (B. albirostris)
* Red-billed buffalo weaver (B. niger)

Dinemellia|

* White-headed buffalo weaver (D. dinemelli)

Sporopipes|

* Speckle-fronted weaver (S. frontalis)
* Scaly-feathered weaver (S. squamifrons)

Plocepasser|

* White-browed sparrow-weaver (P. mahali)
* Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver (P. superciliosus)
* Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver (P. rufoscapulatus)
* Donaldson Smith's sparrow-weaver (P. donaldsoni)

Histurgops|

* Rufous-tailed weaver (H. ruficauda)

Pseudonigrita|

* Grey-capped social weaver (P. arnaudi)
* Black-capped social weaver (P. cabanisi)

Philetairus|

* Sociable weaver (P. socius)

Ploceus|

* Compact weaver (P. superciliosus)
* Black-chinned weaver (P. nigrimentus)
* Baglafecht weaver (P. baglafecht)
* Bertram's weaver (P. bertrandi)
* Slender-billed weaver (P. pelzelni)
* Loango weaver (P. subpersonatus)
* Little weaver (P. luteolus)
* Lesser masked weaver (P. intermedius)
* Spectacled weaver (P. ocularis)
* Bannerman's weaver (P. bannermani)
* Bates's weaver (P. batesi)
* Black-necked weaver (P. nigricollis)
* Black-billed weaver (P. melanogaster)
* Strange weaver (P. alienus)
* Bocage's weaver (P. temporalis)
* Cape weaver (P. capensis)
* Eastern golden weaver (P. subaureus)
* Holub's golden weaver (P. xanthops)
* Príncipe weaver (Ploceus princeps)
* Orange weaver (P. aurantius)
* Golden palm weaver (P. bojeri)
* Taveta weaver (P. castaneiceps)
* Ruvu weaver (P. holoxanthus)
* Southern brown-throated weaver (P. xanthopterus)
* Northern brown-throated weaver (P. castanops)
* Kilombero weaver (P. burnieri)
* Rüppell's weaver or Rueppell's weaver (P. galbula)
* Heuglin's masked weaver (P. heuglini)
* Northern masked weaver (P. taeniopterus)
* Vitelline masked weaver (P. vitellinus)
* Southern masked weaver (P. velatus)
* Katanga masked weaver (P. katangae)
* Lufira masked weaver (P. ruweti)
* Tanzanian masked weaver (P. reichardi)
* Village weaver (P. cucullatus)
* Giant weaver (P. grandis)
* Speke's weaver (P. spekei)
* Fox's weaver (P. spekeoides)
* Vieillot's black weaver (P. nigerrimus)
* Weyns's weaver (P. weynsi)
* Clarke's weaver (P. golandi)
* Black-headed weaver (P. melanocephalus)
* Juba weaver (P. dichrocephalus)
* Golden-backed weaver (P. jacksoni)
* Cinnamon weaver (P. badius)
* Chestnut weaver (P. rubiginosus)
* Golden-naped weaver (P. aureonucha)
* Yellow-mantled weaver (P. tricolor)
* Maxwell's black weaver (P. albinucha)
* Nelicourvi weaver (P. nelicourvi)
* Sakalava weaver (P. sakalava)
* Streaked weaver (P. manyar)
* Baya weaver (P. philippinus)
* Asian golden weaver (P. hypoxanthus)
* Finn's weaver (P. megarhynchus)
* Black-breasted weaver (P. benghalensis)
* Dark-backed weaver (P. bicolor)
* Preuss's weaver (P. preussi)
* Yellow-capped weaver (P. dorsomaculatus)
* Usambara weaver (P. nicolli)
* Olive-headed weaver (P. olivaceiceps)
* Brown-capped weaver (P. insignis)
* Bar-winged weaver (P. angolensis)
* São Tomé weaver (P. sanctithomae)
* Yellow-legged weaver (P. flavipes)

Pachyphantes|

* Compact weaver (P. superciliosus)

Malimbus|

* Red-crowned malimbe (M. coronatus)
* Cassin's malimbe (M. cassini)
* Gola malimbe (M. ballmanni)
* Rachel's malimbe (M. racheliae)
* Red-vented malimbe (M. scutatus)
* Ibadan malimbe (M. ibadanensis)
* Red-bellied malimbe (M. erythrogaster)
* Blue-billed malimbe (M. nitens)
* Crested malimbe (M. malimbicus)
* Red-headed malimbe (M. rubricollis)

Anaplectes|

* Red-headed weaver (A. rubriceps)

Brachycope|

* Bob-tailed weaver (B. anomala)

Quelea|

* Cardinal quelea (Q. cardinalis)
* Red-headed quelea (Q. erythrops)
* Red-billed quelea (Q. quelea)

Foudia|

* Red fody (F. madagascariensis)
* Comoros fody (F. eminentissima)
* Aldabra fody, (F. aldabrana)
* Forest fody (F. omissa)
* Mauritius fody (F. rubra)
* Seychelles fody (F. sechellarum)
* Rodrigues fody (F. flavicans)

Euplectes|

* Yellow-crowned bishop (E. afer)
* Fire-fronted bishop (E. diadematus)
* Black bishop (E. gierowii)
* Black-winged red bishop (E. hordeaceus)
* Northern red bishop or orange bishop (E. franciscanus)
* Southern red bishop or red bishop (E. orix)
* Zanzibar red bishop (E. nigroventris)
* Golden-backed bishop (E. aureus)
* Yellow bishop (E. capensis)
* Fan-tailed widowbird (E. axillaris)
* Yellow-mantled widowbird (E. macroura)
* White-winged widowbird (E. albonotatus)
* Red-collared widowbird (E. ardens)
* Marsh widowbird (E. hartlaubi)
* Montane widowbird (E. psammacromius)
* Long-tailed widowbird (E. progne)
* Jackson's widowbird (E. jacksoni)

Amblyospiza|

* Thick-billed weaver (A. albifrons)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1305068
* Wikispecies: Foudia eminentissima
* ADW: Foudia_eminentissima
* Avibase: 8DE8976D8E0904CF
* BirdLife: 103811224
* CoL: 6JJVH
* BOW: rehfod1
* eBird: rehfod1
* GBIF: 2494081
* iNaturalist: 13875
* IRMNG: 10216354
* ITIS: 560110
* IUCN: 103811224
* NCBI: 441684
* Xeno-canto: Foudia-eminentissima

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