Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola)

Other Names (World)
Barka Indigobird, Baka Indigobird, Bakra Indigobird, Black-faced Firefinch Indigobird, Pale-winged Indigobird

Family
Viduidae (Whydahs And Indigobirds)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Payne, 1982

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna, arable land. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan.

Unknown to Guinea-bissau.

Guinea-Bissau, southern Mali, north-eastern Ivory Coast, north-western Ghana, Nigeria, central Cameroon, southern Chad, northern and north-western Central African Republic, western and eastern Sudan, and north-western and western Ethiopia (adjacent to Gallabat area of Sudan, L Tana region, and Gambela).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) [XC445046]
by Pritam Baruah from Jemma Valley, Ethiopia (song)

Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) [XC445047]
by id from Jemma Valley, Ethiopia (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Often treated as conspecific with Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni), Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae) and Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis).

References
See References.

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