Nov 30, 2021
November 14, 2021 - Lesser Seedcracker (Pyrenestes minor)
Found in eastern Africa in parts of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, these estrildid finches live in undergrowth and grass, often around streams and wetlands and in woodlands and the edges of forests. They eat grass seeds and probably some insects, foraging low in vegetation and on the ground. Males do most of the nest construction, building messy oval structures with short entrance tunnels from grass, reeds, and banana leaves in trees or bushes. Both parents incubate the eggs.