Cuckoo-finch (Weaver)
Anomalospiza imberbis
Vleis. Small yellow bird; dark wings with yellow-edged feathers; black bill and legs.
Cuckoo Weavers
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Fairly common resident. The black bill is shorter and stouter than in weavers. Juvenile (a) and immature (b) have a two-coloured bill and more orange-brown appearance. Male calls ‘tsileu, tsileu, tsileu’ or, in display, utters a weaver-like swizzling. Usually occurs in small flocks in well-vegetated vleis, grassland or grassland with scattered bushes. Parasitises cisticolas and prinias. It is migratory in its southern range.
Quick Facts
Size
12-13 cm - S
Names
A: Koekoekvink
Z: unondindwa
G: Kuckucksweber
Bird Family
A parasitic bird related to the whydahs and indigobirds, but resembling a finch in size and weaver in plumage (previously known as Cuckoo Finch). They occur throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and are water-dependent.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Usually occurs in small flocks in well-vegetated vleis, 'grassland' or 'grassland' with scattered bushes.
