Viduidae
Vidua chalybeata (Statius Muller, 1776)
Vidua chalybeata (Statius Muller, 1776)
Vidua chalybeata, the village indigobird, is a small resident breeding bird found across most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764)
Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764)
Vidua macroura, the pin-tailed whydah, is a brood-parasitic bird native to most of sub-Saharan Africa, introduced elsewhere and kept as a cage bird.
Vidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Vidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Vidua regia, the shaft-tailed whydah, is a small seed-eating brood parasitic bird native to Southern Africa, rated Least Concern by IUCN.
Vidua fischeri (Reichenow, 1882)
Vidua fischeri (Reichenow, 1882)
Straw-tailed whydah (Vidua fischeri) is a brood parasitic Viduidae bird native to dry savannas of East Africa.
Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883)
Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883)
Vidua purpurascens, the purple indigobird, is a brood-parasitic Viduidae bird native to dry savannas across multiple southern and eastern African countries.
Vidua interjecta (Grote, 1922)
Vidua interjecta (Grote, 1922)
Vidua interjecta, the exclamatory paradise whydah, is a Viduidae bird species found across the Sudanian savanna of Africa.
Vidua funerea (Tarragon, 1847)
Vidua funerea (Tarragon, 1847)
Vidua funerea is a Viduidae bird species found across parts of Africa, with natural habitat of moist savanna.
Vidua paradisaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vidua paradisaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vidua paradisaea, the long-tailed paradise whydah, is a brood-parasitic African songbird that mimics its host's song.
Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis, 1868)
Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis, 1868)
Anomalospiza imberbis, the cuckoo-finch, is a small finch-like bird with a scattered distribution across sub-Saharan African grasslands.
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