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genus

Vidua Cuvier, 1816

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Passeriformes - perching birds

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 19

species Vidua camerunensis (Grote, 1922) - Cameroon Indigobird
species Vidua chalybeata (Müller, 1776) - Village Indigobird
species Vidua codringtoni (Neave, 1907) - Twinspot Indigobird
species Vidua fischeri (Reichenow, 1882) - Whydab
species Vidua funerea (Tarragon, 1847) - Variable Indigobird
species Vidua hypocherina Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856 - Whydab
species Vidua interjecta (Grote, 1922) - Long-tailed Paradise-whydah
species Vidua larvaticola Payne, 1982 - Baka Indigobird
species Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764) - Whydab

Vidua macroura - Whydab

species Vidua maryae Payne, 1982 - Jos Plateau Indigobird
species Vidua nigeriae (Alexander, 1908) - Quailfinch Indigobird
species Vidua obtusa (Chapin, 1922) - Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah
species Vidua orientalis Heuglin, 1870 - Whydab
species Vidua paradisaea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Whydab

Vidua paradisaea - Whydab

species Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883) - Dusky Indigobird
species Vidua raricola Payne, 1982 - Jambandu Indigobird
species Vidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766) - Whydab

Vidua regia - Whydab

species Vidua togoensis (Grote, 1923) - Togo Paradise-whydah
species Vidua wilsoni (Hartert, 1901) - Pale-winged Indigobird

Links and literature

EN IOC World Bird List 3.3 [as Vidua Cuvier, 1816]
Gill F. & Donsker D.: IOC World Bird List [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2013/04/11

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