List of Birds of Equatorial Guinea - Indigobirds

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 Equatorial Guinea.

  • Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
  • Baka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
  • Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea
  • Pale-winged Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
  • Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
  • Long-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta

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