Yombeyombe

Yombeyombe au yombiyombi ni ndege wadogo wa familia mbalimbali. Spishi moja iko katika Ploceidae, moja katika Viduidae na 24 katika Fringillidae. Hawa ni ndege wanene yenye domo nene na rangi mbalimbali kama nyeusi, kahawia, njano na nyekundu kufuatana na spishi. Wanatokea misitu na maeneo mengine yenye miti au matete (yombeyombe wa kawaida). Hula mbegu lakini hulisha makinda yao wadudu. Yombeyombe wa kawaida hulifuma tago lake kwa majani ya manyasi katikati ya matete au mafunjo au pengine katika kichaka. Jike huyataga mayai 2-5. Yombeyombe wa Fringillidae hujenga tago lao kwa umbo wa kikombe katika panda ya mti na jike huyataga mayai 2-7. Tofauti na yombeyombe wengine yombeyombe manjano hajengi tago lake mwenyewe lakini jike huyataga mayai katika matago ya spishi nyingine, k.m. spishi za videnenda na magamaga.

Spishi za Afrika
Familia Ploceidae
 Amblyospiza albifrons, Yombeyombe (Grosbeak au Thick-billed Weaver)
Familia Viduidae
 Anomalospiza imberbis, Yombeyombe Manjano (Cuckoo-finch au Parasitic Weaver)
Familia Fringillidae
 Bucanetes githagineus, Yombeyombe Tarumbeta (Trumpeter Finch)
 Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Yombeyombe Mlacheri (Hawfinch)
 Loxia curvirostra, Yombeyombe Mwekundu (Red Crossbill)
 Neospiza concolor, Yombeyombe wa Sao Tome (São Tomé Grosbeak)
 Pyrrhula murina, Yombeyombe wa Azores (Azores Bullfinch)
 Rhynchostruthus louisae, Yombeyombe Somali (Somali Grosbeak)
 Rhynchostruthus socotranus, Yombeyombe wa Sokotra (Socotra Grosbeak)

Spishi za mabara mengine
Familia Fringillidae
 Bucanetes mongolicus (Mongolian Finch)
 Hesperiphona abeillei (Hooded Grosbeak)
 Hesperiphona vespertina (Evening Grosbeak)
 Loxia leucoptera (Two-barred Crossbill)
 Loxia megaplaga (Hispaniolan Crossbill)
 Loxia pytyopsittacus (Parrot Crossbill)
 Loxia scotica (Scottish Crossbill)
 Loxia sinesciuris (South Hills Crossbill)
 Pyrrhula aurantiaca (Orange Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula cineracea (Baikal Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula erythaca (Grey-headed Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula erythrocephala (Red-headed Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula griseiventris (Ussuri Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula leucogenis (White-cheeked Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula nipalensis (Brown Bullfinch)
 Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch)
 Rhynchostruthus percivali (Arabian Grossbeak)

Picha

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