List of Birds of Mozambique - 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 7 species which occur in Mozambique.

  • Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
  • Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea
  • 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

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