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Bird name: Rufous Tailed Weaver
Latin: Histurgops ruficauda
Other: Histurgops ruficaudus
Family: Passeridae • Old World Sparrows

Some nice pics of a Rufous-tailed Weaver in Ngorongoro. The Rufous-tailed Weaver is endemic to Kenya and Tanzania.
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213 Passeridae - Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Plocepasser mahali - White-browed Sparrow-Weaver - E, S Africa
Plocepasser superciliosus - Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver - W, C, E Africa
Plocepasser donaldsoni - Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver - E Africa
Plocepasser rufoscapulatus - Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver - SC Africa

Histurgops ruficauda - Rufous-tailed Weaver - Tanzania

Pseudonigrita arnaudi - Grey-capped Social Weaver - EC, E Africa
Pseudonigrita cabanisi - Black-capped Social Weaver - E Africa

Philetairus socius - Sociable Weaver - SW Africa

Passer ammodendri - Saxaul Sparrow - SC Eurasia
Passer domesticus - House Sparrow - Widespread Eurasia, Asia, Africa, introduced worldwide
Passer hispaniolensis - Spanish Sparrow - SW, SC, Eurasia, also N Africa - Italian Sparrow
Passer pyrrhonotus - Sind Sparrow - SC Eurasia - NB name
Passer castanopterus - Somali Sparrow - E Africa
Passer rutilans - Russet Sparrow - Afghanistan to Japan & Southeast Asia
Passer flaveolus - Plain-backed Sparrow - Burma to S Vietnam
Passer moabiticus - Dead Sea Sparrow - Israel to W Pakistan
Passer iagoensis - Iago Sparrow - Cape Verde Is
Passer motitensis - Great Sparrow - S Africa
Passer insularis - Socotra Sparrow - Socotra Island
Passer hemileucus - Abd al-Kuri Sparrow - Abd al-Kuri Island, W of Socotra - Split from Socotra Sparrow P. insularis
Passer rufocinctus - Kenya Sparrow - E Africa
Passer shelleyi - Shelley's Sparrow - S Sudan, S Ethiopia, N Uganda, NW Kenya, NW Somalia - Split from Kenya (Rufous) Sparrow P. rufocinctus
Passer cordofanicus - Kordofan Sparrow - E Chad and WC Sudan - Split from Kenya (Rufous) Sparrow P. rufocinctus
Passer melanurus - Cape Sparrow - S Africa
Passer griseus - Northern Grey-headed Sparrow - W, C Africa
Passer swainsonii - Swainson's Sparrow - E Africa
Passer gongonensis - Parrot-billed Sparrow - E Africa
Passer suahelicus - Swahili Sparrow - E Africa
Passer diffusus - Southern Grey-headed Sparrow - SE, S Africa
Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow - SW Asia to N Africa
Passer montanus - Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Widespread Eurasia, Asia
Passer luteus - Sudan Golden Sparrow - W, C, NE Africa
Passer euchlorus - Arabian Golden Sparrow - SW Arabian Peninsula, Eurasia, also N Somalia
Passer eminibey - Chestnut Sparrow - E Africa

Carpospiza brachydactyla - Pale Rockfinch - SC Eurasia - NE Africa

Petronia petronia - Rock Sparrow - SW, SC, Eurasia, also NW Africa

Gymnoris superciliaris - Yellow-throated Petronia - SC, S Africa
Gymnoris dentata - Bush Petronia - W, C, E, Africa, also SW Arabian Peninsula
Gymnoris pyrgita - Yellow-spotted Petronia - W, C, E Africa
Gymnoris xanthocollis - Yellow-throated Sparrow - Turkey to India & Sri Lanka

Montifringilla nivalis - White-winged Snowfinch - SW, SC Eurasia
Montifringilla henrici - Henri's Snowfinch - Tibet
Montifringilla adamsi - Tibetan Snowfinch - Tibet, Nepal

Onychostruthus taczanowskii - White-rumped Snowfinch - Tibet, W China

Pyrgilauda davidiana - Pere David's Snowfinch - C Eurasia
Pyrgilauda ruficollis - Rufous-necked Snowfinch - Tibet, Nepal, W China
Pyrgilauda blanfordi - Blanford's Snowfinch - Tibet, Nepal, W China
Pyrgilauda theresae - Afghan Snowfinch - SC Eurasia