Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Village Indigobird
The Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Viduidae (Whydahs and Indigobirds) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Vidua chalybeata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Village Indigobird
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Vidua chalybeata chalybeata
- Vidua chalybeata neumanni
- Vidua chalybeata ultramarina
- Vidua chalybeata centralis
- Vidua chalybeata amauropteryx
- Vidua chalybeata okavangoensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla chalybeata
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Brazil, error; Senegal substituted by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 807.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.166
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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