| Cuckoo-finch | |
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| Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Anomalospiza Shelley, 1901 |
| Species: | A. imberbis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
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Crithagra imberbis Cabanis, 1868 | |
The cuckoo-finch (Anomalospiza imberbis), 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.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Anomalospiza imberbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719254A131992732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719254A131992732.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Payne, Robert (2010). "Family Viduidae (Whydahs and Indigobirds)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-13.