Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Baka Indigobird*
Id (Atlas):
Vidua larvaticola
Description (6 )
Baka Indigobird
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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.
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).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)... )
Listen to XC445046
Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola ) [XC445046 ]
by Pritam Baruah from Jemma Valley, Ethiopia (song)
Listen to XC441002
Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola ) [XC441002 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Kati, Koulikoro, Mali (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 .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Baka Indigobird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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