Barka indigobird
Species of bird
| Barka indigobird | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. larvaticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidua larvaticola Payne, 1982 | |
The barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, and South Sudan. It is also known as the baka indigobird but the spelling "barka" is more correct; the word is a greeting in the Hausa language.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Vidua larvaticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719944A132134162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719944A132134162.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Payne, Robert B. & Clive R. Barlow (2004). "Songs of Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata and their mimicry by Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola in West Africa" (PDF). Malimbus. 26 (1–2): 11–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-15.
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Indigobirds and whydahs (family: Viduidae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Village indigobird (V. chalybeata)
- Purple indigobird (V. purpurascens)
- Jambandu indigobird (V. raricola)
- Barka indigobird (V. larvaticola)
- Dusky indigobird (V. funerea)
- Zambezi indigobird (V. codringtoni)
- Wilson's indigobird (V. wilsoni)
- Quailfinch indigobird (V. nigeriae)
- Jos Plateau indigobird (V. maryae)
- Cameroon indigobird (V. camerunensis)
- Pin-tailed whydah (V. macroura)
- Steel-blue whydah (V. hypocherina)
- Straw-tailed whydah (V. fischeri)
- Shaft-tailed whydah (V. regia)
- Long-tailed paradise whydah (V. paradisaea)
- Sahel paradise whydah (V. orientalis)
- Exclamatory paradise whydah (V. interjecta)
- Togo paradise whydah (V. togoensis)
- Broad-tailed paradise whydah (V. obtusa)
- Cuckoo-finch (A. imberbis)
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