Parasitic Weaver

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Parasitic Weaver
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Viduidae
Genus: Anomalospiza
Shelly 1901
Species: A. imberbis
Binomial name
Anomalospiza imberbis
(Cabanis, 1868)

The Parasitic Weaver (Anomalospiza imberbis) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. The species is also known as the Cuckoo Finch.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Anomalospiza imberbis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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