Bird group

Whydahs and Indigobirds

20 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Barka Indigobird
Vidua larvaticola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Barka Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in West African…

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in…

Cameroon Indigobird
Vidua camerunensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cameroon Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in Cameroon…

Dusky Indigobird
Vidua funerea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dusky Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in Central…

Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eastern Paradise-Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in East…

Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
Vidua interjecta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in…

Green Indigobird
Vidua codringtoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in Angola,…

Jambandu Indigobird
Vidua raricola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jambandu Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in West…

Jos Plateau Indigobird
Vidua maryae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jos Plateau Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in…

Parasitic Weaver
Anomalospiza imberbis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Parasitic Weaver is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in sub-Saharan…

Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pin-tailed Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in sub-Saharan…

Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Purple Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in southern…

Quailfinch Indigobird
Vidua nigeriae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Quailfinch Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in West…

Sahel Paradise-Whydah
Vidua orientalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sahel Paradise-Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in African…

Shaft-tailed Whydah
Vidua regia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Shaft-tailed Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in southern…

Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Steel-blue Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in East African…

Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Straw-tailed Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in East…

Togo Paradise-Whydah
Vidua togoensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Togo Paradise-Whydah is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in West…

Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Village Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in sub-Saharan…

Wilson's Indigobird
Vidua wilsoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wilson's Indigobird is a African brood-parasitic finch that lays in estrildid finch nests and feeds mainly on grass seeds in West…