About Finn’s Weaver Bird:
- Finn's weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus ) are also known as Finn's baya and yellow weaver is a weaver bird species.
- Distribution: It is native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal.
- Habitat: They live close to water bodies. Marshy soil, tall grasses, Semal (silk cotton) and Shisham (rosewood) trees make up their natural habitat.
- Diet: They are largely granivorous.
- Threats: Human activities including expansion of agriculture, grass cutting, construction work, residential buildings, and increase in industrial units across the Terai has disrupted the natural habitat of these birds.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN: Vulnerable
- WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule IV.
