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Finn's Weaver
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Ploceus
Species: P. megarhynchus
Binomial name
Ploceus megarhynchus
(Hume, 1869)

Finn's Weaver or Finn's Baya (Ploceus megarhynchus) is a species of weaver bird found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Aves redirects here. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Many:see text The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. ...


The habitat is tall grassland typically Typha or Phragmites reed covered swamps. Also in grasslands with Saccharum spontaneum.


They feed mostly on seeds, sometimes foraging on fallen seed on roadsides. They also take insects.


They breeds from May to September. The nest is built on top of trees or in reeds. The nest is different in structure from the other weaver species found in India but like in other weavers woven from think strips of leaves and and reeds. It is lined on the entire inside unlike the other weavers which line only the floor of the nest. Males strip the leaves of the nest tree making the globular nests clearly visible.


Males are successively polygamous, mating with 1 to 4 females. The clutch size is 2 to 4 eggs. The female alone incubates and the egg hatches in 14-15 days.


The species was first noted by Hume (1869) as captive specimens. Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. ...


External link

  • http://www.rdb.or.id/detailbird.php?id=306


 
 

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