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
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
Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri) Male
Range: AF: South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania
Dubuluk, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Dusky Indigobird
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
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
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
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa)
Range: AF: e DR Congo to Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Sahel Paradise Whydah
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
Sahel Paradise Whydah (Vidua orientalis aucupum) Male
Range: AF: w, c, ne
Maka Yop, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) Male
Range: AF: se Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to n South Africa
Chobe National Park, Botswana  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Purple Indigobird
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
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
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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