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 10 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Pale-winged Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- 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 Tanzania