Dusky indigobird
Species of bird
- The name dusky indigobird can also refer to Vidua purpurascens.
Dusky indigobird | |
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A male photographed in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. | |
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. funerea |
Binomial name | |
Vidua funerea (de Tarragon, L, 1847) |
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The dusky indigobird, variable indigobird, or black widowfinch (Vidua funerea) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vidua funerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22736178A95126759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22736178A95126759.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
- Dusky indigobird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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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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