Vidua wilsoni

Bar-breasted Indigobird


Subspecies and distribution:

Monotypic - West Africa


Morphology: (Payne 1996)

Plumage - purplish

Bill - white

Legs - purplish

Wing - dark brown


Host:

Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)


Host song mimicry: (Payne 1973, 1996)

Mimic the warbling song and the “pik” alarm call of the Bar-breasted Firefinch.













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Fry, C. H. and Keith, S. (Eds). 2004. The Birds of Africa. Vol VII. Christopher Helm, London.

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