Finn's Weaver

Finn's weaver, also known as Finn's baya or the yellow weaver, is a weaver bird native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Two subspecies are known: the nominate in the Kumaon area and salimalii in the eastern Terai. It was first observed in Shuklaphanta National Park in May 1996 and is a regular summer visitor there (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds from May to September, building a nest on top of trees or in reeds. The nest differs in structure from those of the other weaver species in India, but as in other weavers it is woven from thin strips of leaves and reeds; this species lines the entire inside of the nest, unlike the others, which line only the floor. Males strip the leaves of the nest tree, making the globular nests clearly visible. SoIB 2023 treats it as endemic to the Indian subcontinent and rates it a High conservation priority, a resident of wetland with a Restricted range of about 7,920 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).