Quailfinch Indigobird
Vidua nigeriae(Alexander, B, 1908)
English (US) Quailfinch Indigobird
The Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae) 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.
Range: patchily distributed in Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and southeastern South SudanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vidua nigeriae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Quailfinch Indigobird
- Described by
- (Alexander, B, 1908)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypochera nigeriae
- Described by
- (Alexander, B, 1908)
- Type locality
- Kiri, Gongola River, Nigeria.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 23 p.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Cameroon Indigobird
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