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Thought to form a superspecies with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens). Has been treated as conspecific with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens). Formerly considered conspecific with Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata). Has been treated as conspecific with Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni), Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae), Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) and Twinspot Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni).

Interbreeds with Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) in E DRCongo and with Dusky Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) in SE DRCongo. Subspecies nigerrima has sometimes been treated as a full species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• funerea (Tarragon, 1847)   -  Northern and eastern South Africa, Swaziland and extreme southern Mozambique (south of R Limpopo).
• nigerrima (Sharpe, 1871)   -  Western Kenya, Tanzania, southern and south-eastern DRCongo, northern Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique (except extreme south) and eastern Zimbabwe.

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