weaver finch

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Noun1.weaver finch - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nestsweaver finch - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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
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They are weaver finches brought by homesick immigrants first to Brooklyn in 1850 and to San Francisco in 1871.
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