Cuckoo Finch

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Cuckoo Finch at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Mapungubwe National Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Ithala Game Reserve and Mount Currie Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Cuckoo Finch is most recorded in Mpumalanga (32% of records), Gauteng (28% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (24% of records), based on 68 iNaturalist observations. 55 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Cuckoo Finch on site or nearby.

Sightings of the Cuckoo Finch peak from Nov to Mar, based on 68 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.

The Cuckoo Finch (Anomalospiza imberbis) is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The cuckoo-finch (Anomalospiza imberbis), also known as the parasitic weaver or cuckoo weaver, is a small passerine bird now placed in the family Viduidae with the indigobirds and whydahs. It occurs in grassland in Africa south of the Sahara. The male is mainly yellow and green while the female is buff with dark streaks. The eggs are laid in the nests of other birds.