Green Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni)

Other Names (World)
Green Indigobird, Twinspot Indigobird, Green Widowfinch, Peters's Twinspot Indigobird, Southern Twinspot Indigobird, Twinspot Indigobird, Luangwa Indigobird, Zambezi Indigobird, Codrington's Indigobird

Family
Viduidae (Whydahs And Indigobirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Neave, 1907)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, arable land. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern and south-eastern Tanzania, southern Zambia, western and southern Malawi, western and eastern Zimbabwe, and north-eastern South Africa (northern KwaZulu-Natal).

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)...)

Zambezi Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni) [XC41896]
by Rick Nuttall from S07.19686 E36.92688, Mhenda, ca. 23km N of Mikumi, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (imitation, song, song & mimicry)

Zambezi Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni) [XC579231]
by id from Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly considered a subspecies of Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata). Has been treated as conspecific with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea). Described taxon Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea), subspecies lusituensis (from R Lusitu, in eastern Zimbabwe) is a synonym of present species.

References
See References.

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