Finn’s Weaver Bird:
Ornithologists alerted that the Finn’s Weaver bird is silently disappearing from the marshy lowlands of the Terai region in India.Finn’s weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus ) are also known as Finn’s baya and yellow weaver is a weaver bird species.It is native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal.They live close to water bodies. Marshy soil, tall grasses, Semal (silk cotton) and Shisham (rosewood) trees make up their natural habitat. They are largely granivorous. Human activities including expansion of agriculture, grass cutting, construction work, residential buildings, and increase in industrial units across the Terai has disrupted the natural habitat of these birds. Conservation Status: IUCN: Vulnerable, WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule IV.
