Parasitic Weaver

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Parasitic Weaver	Home Bird Orders
	Cuckoo Finch	Alternate name
	Anomalospiza imberbis	Scientific name
	Passeriformes	Order
	Viduidae	Family
	11–13 cm	Length
	Tropical seasonaly flooded grassland, irigated agricultural land, between 500 - 1800 m. Range	Habitat-Altitude-Range
	Brood parasite, the eggs are white, pale blue or pink with brown, reddish or violet markings. Incubation 14 days, fledging 18 days with 30 - 40 days dependency on host. The hosts (prinias or cisticolas) chicks don't always survive	Clutch
	Seeds.	Food
	Usually found in small flocks feeding on the ground.	Habits
	8550 - TSN: 558601	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

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Range

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pemba Island, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Toga, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar & Zimbabwe.

Afrikaans: Koekoekvink
Czech: Prádelník kukaccí, přádelník kukaččí
Danish: Gøgevæver
German: Kuckucksfink, Kuckucks-Fink, Kuckucksweber, Kuckuckswitwe
English: Cameroon Cuckoo-Weaver, Cuckoo Finch, Cuckoo Weaver, Cuckoofinch, Cuckoofinch Weaver, Parasitic Weaver
Spanish: Tejedor Parásito, Viuda Anómala
Finnish: Loiskutoja
French: Anomalospize parasite, Tisserin coucou, Tisserin parasite, Tisserin-coucou
Italian: Tessitore parassita
Japanese: kakkouhataori
Japanese: カッコウハタオリ
Latin: Anomalospiza imberbis, Anomalospiza imberbis imberbis, Anomalospiza imberbis rendalli
Dutch: Koekoekswever
Norwegian: Gjøkvever
Polish: kukulnik
Portuguese: Tecelão-parasita
Russian: Паразитическая вдовушка
Slovak: kukuciarka žltá
Swedish: Gökvävare
Swahili: Yombeyombe Manjano
Chinese: 寄生织雀

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Credits Some of the maps, data, are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Data from Avibase

01/03/2008 0000000

25/10/2009 500,000

28/02/2012 870,300

01/01/2009 151,000

01/10/2010 562,291