Village indigobird / Rotfuß-Atlaswitwe (Vidua chalybeata)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Vidua (Vidua); Subfamily Viduinae (Viduinae); Family Estrildidae (Estrildidae)
General: The village indigobird or the steelblue widowfinch (or in U.S. aviculture the Combassou finch) (Vidua chalybeata) is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae. It is distinguishable from other indigobird species by bill and leg colours, the colour tinge of the male's breeding plumage, song, and to lesser extent, the nestling's plumage and mouth pattern.^[2] The bill colour can be red or white depending on the population, and there is some regional variation in the colour tone of the male's plumage. [more]