Passeriformes
Whydahs and Indigobirds (Viduidae)
HBW 15, p. 198
- Small passerines with short, stubby bill, breeding males of most species with extensive black in plumage, some also with greatly elongated central tail feathers, females and non-breeding males mostly brownish and streaked.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Open country, from grassland to open woodland.
- 2 genera, 20 species, 28 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 20
List of species:
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- 1 1 8 1 Cuckoo Finch (Anomalospiza imberbis)
- 55 2 30 23 8 2 Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- 7 5 2 8 3 Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina)
- 18 12 6 8 4 Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
- 1 1 8 5 Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua obtusa)
- 2 2 8 6 Sahel Paradise-whydah (Vidua orientalis)
- 5 3 2 8 7 Exclamatory Paradise-whydah (Vidua interjecta)
- 0 8 8 Togo Paradise-whydah (Vidua togoensis)
- 20 1 6 13 8 9 Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri)
- 5 4 1 8 10 Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia)
- 36 3 14 19 8 11 Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata)
- 1 1 8 12 Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni)
- 0 8 13 Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae)
- 0 8 14 Jos Plateau Indigobird (Vidua maryae)
- 0 8 15 Jambandu Indigobird (Vidua raricola)
- 0 8 16 Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola)
- 0 8 17 Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis)
- 3 2 1 8 18 Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea)
- 0 8 19 Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens)
- 0 8 20 Green Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni)
Family statistics
2 genera, 20 species
| 154 files covering | |
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| 2 genera | (100%) |
| 12 species | (60%) |
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