Purple indigobird
Species of bird
| Purple indigobird | |
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| Male photographed at Mabilingwe Resort, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. purpurascens |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883) | |
The purple indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is also known as the dusky indigobird, a name which can refer to Vidua funerea. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vidua purpurascens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719962A94653400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719962A94653400.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
- Purple indigobird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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Indigobirds and whydahs (family: Viduidae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Village indigobird (V. chalybeata)
- Purple indigobird (V. purpurascens)
- Jambandu indigobird (V. raricola)
- Barka indigobird (V. larvaticola)
- Dusky indigobird (V. funerea)
- Zambezi indigobird (V. codringtoni)
- Wilson's indigobird (V. wilsoni)
- Quailfinch indigobird (V. nigeriae)
- Jos Plateau indigobird (V. maryae)
- Cameroon indigobird (V. camerunensis)
- Pin-tailed whydah (V. macroura)
- Steel-blue whydah (V. hypocherina)
- Straw-tailed whydah (V. fischeri)
- Shaft-tailed whydah (V. regia)
- Long-tailed paradise whydah (V. paradisaea)
- Sahel paradise whydah (V. orientalis)
- Exclamatory paradise whydah (V. interjecta)
- Togo paradise whydah (V. togoensis)
- Broad-tailed paradise whydah (V. obtusa)
- Cuckoo-finch (A. imberbis)
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