weaverbird
Noun
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Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests (synset 101545427)
is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatussubtypes:
- baya, ploceus philippinus - common Indian weaverbird
- whidah, whydah, widow bird - mostly black African weaverbird
- java finch, java sparrow, padda oryzivora, ricebird - small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
- amadavat, avadavat - red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
- grass finch, grassfinch - usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
belongs to: family ploceidae, ploceidae - weaverbirdssame as: weaver, weaver finch
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