Indigobirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Viduidae
The indigobirds are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. All are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finch species. There are 20 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Botswana.
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Botswana