Finn’s Weaver
Photo: Dibyendu Ash · CC BY-SA 3.0

Weavers and Allies

Finn’s Weaver

Ploceus megarhynchus

ENEndangered
Family
Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

Finn's weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus), also known as Finn's baya and yellow weaver, is a weaver bird species native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Two subspecies are known; the nominate subspecies occurs in the Kumaon area and salimalii in the eastern Terai.
The species was described and given its binomial name by Allan Octavian Hume based on a specimen obtained at Kaladhungi near Nainital.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.