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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 11:03:39 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Steel-blue Whydah*
Id (Atlas):
Vidua hypocherina
Description (10 )
Steel-blue Whydah
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Other Names (World)
Steel-blue Whydah, Steel-blue Widow
Family
Viduidae (Whydahs And Indigobirds)
Size
31 cm
First Described (Guide )
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
Southern Sudan (south of 5º northern and east of R Nile), north-eastern Uganda, Ethiopia, north-western and southern Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania (dry central plateau from eastern Rift Valley south to Tabora, Morogoro, Mikumi and Usangu Flats in Mbeya region, and Iringa).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Listen to XC688733
Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina ) [XC688733 ]
by Gilles Willem from Suam lowlands near Kiberengi, Kacheliba, West Pokot County, Kenya (call)
Listen to XC898338
Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina ) [XC898338 ]
by id from Banderwanaag, Hargeysa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Steel-blue Whydah see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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