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Weavers

10,000 Birds

Their nests are also a messy structure due to protective thorns on the outside, but the interior is constructed of softer grasses. This group of 4 species (as well as all the remaining “weavers” that are covered below) are not even placed in the weaver family ( Ploceidae ) but in Passeridae – the Old World Sparrow family.

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