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Finn’s Weaver – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. [1] Two races are known; the nominate from the Kumaon area and salimalii from the eastern Terai. [2] The habitat is tall grassland, typically swamps covered with Phragmites reeds or Typha, but also grasslands with Saccharum spontaneum.
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Yellow Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus) – BirdLife species factsheet
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Birds of India – Yellow Weaver – Ploceus megarhynchus – Finn’s …
Yellow Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus) , also called Finn’s Weaver, is a local resident in north India.
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Biodiversity of Nepal
Genus: Ploceus Species: megarhynchus Family: Nepali Name: N/A Size: N/A Lifespan: Food: Carnivores: Incubation Period: Habit: N/A Clutch Size: NPWC A(1973): Yes
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Range Description: Ploceus megarhynchus is endemic to the terai of the northern Indian subcontinent … The recently discovered population in Nepal is estimated at 50 birds and is …
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Frank Finn – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The weaver bird Ploceus megarhynchus was originally described from a specimen collected by A. O. Hume from Kaladhungi near Nainital in 1869. It was rediscovered near Calcutta by Finn …
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Oriental Bird Club Image Database :
… Black-breasted Weaver (25) Ploceus benghalensis (25) Finn’s Weaver (12) Ploceus megarhynchus … Copyright 2003, Oriental Bird Club. All rights reserved.
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India’s Black Market in Birds Threatening Rare Species
Despite measures designed to protect this rich array of bird life by banning the … Francolinus gularis), green munia (Estrilda formosa), Finnâs baya (Ploceus megarhynchus), and …
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1002_021002_indiabirds.html

Bird Types: The Passerine Bird Type Specimens at the Natural History …
Field Name: Data: Genus: Ploceus: Species: megarhynchus: Subspecies: Author: Hume Year: 1869 Family or Sub-family: Ploceidae Reference: Ibis, (2) 5 : 356.
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references
Abdulali, H. (1945) Birds of the Vizagapatam district. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. … Abdulali, H. (1952) Finn’s Baya (Ploceus megarhynchus Hume). J. Bombay Nat.
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