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 LC    Twinspot Indigobird* Id (Atlas):
    Vidua codringtoni

Description (9)
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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).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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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 Variable Indigobird (Vidua funerea). Described taxon Variable Indigobird (Vidua funerea), subspecies lusituensis (from R Lusitu, in eastern Zimbabwe) is a synonym of present species.


References
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Files:
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