Birds of the World

○ ← PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae (Indigobirds, Whydahs) →

Genus: Vidua (19 species)

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Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) Range: AF: Guinea-Bissau to Sierra Leone and e to South Sudan, ne DR Congo and PR Congo


Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) Range: AF: w, c, se Western Cape, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Zambezi Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni) Range: AF: Tanzania to Zimbabwe and w Mozambique


Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri) Male Range: AF: South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania Ndutu, Tanzania
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Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea) Range: AF: w, c, s Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania


Exclamatory Paradise Whydah (Vidua interjecta) Male Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia Mole National Park, Ghana
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) Range: AF: Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast to Ethiopia


Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) Male Range: AF: Mauritania to Sudan and Eritrea, s to s South Africa Lake Albert, Uganda
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

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Jos Plateau Indigobird (Vidua maryae) Range: AF: c Nigeria

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Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae) Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Nigeria and Cameroon; s South Sudan


Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa) Range: AF: e DR Congo to Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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Sahel Paradise Whydah (Vidua orientalis aucupum) Male Range: AF: w, c, ne The Gambia
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Sahel Paradise Whydah (Vidua orientalis aucupum) Male Range: AF: w, c, ne Maka Yop, Senegal
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Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) Male Range: AF: se Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to n South Africa Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) Range: AF: Kenya to Angola, Botswana and ne South Africa Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Jambandu Indigobird (Vidua raricola) Range: AF: Guinea to Sudan, South Sudan and ne DR Congo


Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia) Range: AF: Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe to n South Africa and s Mozambique Botswana
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.


Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia) Female Range: AF: Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe to n South Africa and s Mozambique Botswana
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.

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Togo Paradise Whydah (Vidua togoensis) Range: AF: Guinea to Togo

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Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni) Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Sierra Leone and e to Ethiopia s South Sudan and ne DR Congo

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