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Finn's Weaver

Ploceus megarhynchus

EndangeredLegendaryEndemicSeedsGrasslandDomed nestSmall · 34 g
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 1
Photo: rohanmenzies · CC BY 4.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 2
Photo: Jigu · CC BY 4.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 3
Photo: Jigu · CC BY 4.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 4
Photo: James Eaton · CC0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 5
Photo: Rejoice Gassah · CC BY 4.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 6
Photo: Rejoice Gassah · CC BY 4.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 7
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 8
Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 9
Photo: Steve Slater · CC BY 2.0
Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), photo 10
Photo: Roy Lowry · CC BY 4.0

About the Finn's Weaver

Finn's weaver, also known as Finn's baya and yellow weaver is a weaver bird species native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Two subspecies are known; the nominate subspecies occurs in the Kumaon area and salimalii in the eastern Terai.

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When to see it

Peak activity in May · a summer visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badiusThe cinnamon weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Yellow-capped WeaverPloceus dorsomaculatusThe yellow-capped weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Golden-naped WeaverPloceus aureonuchaThe golden-naped weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

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