Bishop Weaver
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Origin :Northwest and eastern Africa.
Found in open savanna with tall shrubbery thickets and trees.
Diet : Throughout the year they feed on the green and ripe seeds of grasses
and small brush. They
may feed on the ground or by hanging from seed heads of grass and plant stems.
Have been
observed feeding on new leaves and flowers of small shrubs.
Small and large millets, canary grass, hemp, hulled oats, and
hulled rice make up the largest part of the diet throughout most of the year.
Small
amounts of green food will be taken as well, and should be available during
the breeding
season along with small insects like young crickets, mealworms, waxworms,
termites, and
sprouted seed. Soaked Zu-Preem has been successfully fed to some birds and
most will learn
to feed it to their young after a period of acclimation.