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Cuckoo-finch
Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis, 1868)
Viduidae — Indigobirds, Whydahs
Cuckoo-finch, Anomalospiza imberbis, is a passerine of grassland across Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Mali to Ethiopia and south to eastern South Africa. It belongs to the family Viduidae with the indigobirds and whydahs, and was described by Cabanis in 1868. The bird is a brood parasite, placing its eggs in the nests of cisticolas and prinias. It has a scattered range in open or lightly wooded grassland, especially close to damp places.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Viduidae — Indigobirds, Whydahs
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sierra Leone and s Mali to Ethiopia and s to e South Africa
