List of Birds of The Democratic Republic of The Congo - 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 11 species which occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
  • Jambandu Indigobird Vidua raricola
  • Baka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
  • Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea
  • Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
  • Pale-winged Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
  • Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis
  • Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
  • Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua interjecta
  • Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
  • Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa

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