Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens)

Other Names (World)
Purple Indigobird, Dusky Indigobird, Purple Widowfinch, Jameson's Firefinch Indigobird

Family
Viduidae (Whydahs And Indigobirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1883)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Kenya, northern and eastern Tanzania, south-eastern DRCongo, south-western Angola, southern and eastern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique, north-eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northern South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga lowveld).

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 (19)...)

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) [XC699721]
by Hans Matheve from Kamilonga, Central Province, Zambia (song)

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) [XC307240]
by jon pullen from Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Thought to form a superspecies with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea). Sometimes treated as conspecific with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea). Formerly considered a subspecies of Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata).

Interbreeds with Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) in north-eastern Tanzania and with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea) in south-eastern DRCongo.

References
See References.

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