Steel-blue whydah
Species of bird
| Steel-blue whydah | |
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| Male in Tanzania | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. hypocherina |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidua hypocherina Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856 | |
The steel-blue whydah (Vidua hypocherina) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vidua hypocherina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719972A94653929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719972A94653929.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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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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