Wilson's Indigobird
Vidua wilsoni(Hartert, EJO, 1901)
English (US) Wilson's Indigobird
The Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni) 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: Senegambia to Guinea, eastward to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and western EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vidua wilsoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wilson's Indigobird
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1901)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypochaera wilsoni
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1901)
- Type locality
- Yelwa, in Borgu, middle Niger.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 8 p.342
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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