Iconic Birds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.00131 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The cuckoo-finch, also known as the parasitic weaver or cuckoo weaver, is a small passerine bird now placed in the family Viduidae with the indigobirds and whydahs. It occurs in grassland in Africa south of the Sahara. The male is mainly yellow and green while the female is buff with dark streaks. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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