Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata - Combassou du Sénégal

Combassou du Sénégal
♂ adult plum. transition
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Viduidés

  • Genus
    :

    Vidua

  • Species
    :

    chalybeata

Descriptor

Müller, PLS, 1776

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 11 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Combassou du Sénégal
♂ adult plum. breeding
Combassou du Sénégal
♀ adult plum. breeding

Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Vidua chalybeata chalybeata (s Mauritania to Sierra Leone)
  • Vidua chalybeata neumanni (Mali to Sudan)
  • Vidua chalybeata ultramarina (Ethiopia and Eritrea)
  • Vidua chalybeata centralis (e DRCongo, Uganda, c Kenya and c Tanzania)
  • Vidua chalybeata amauropteryx (s Somalia to Mozambique and inland to e Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and e South Africa)
  • Vidua chalybeata okavangoensis (Angola and n Namibia to w Zambia and n Botswana)

Foreign names

  • Combassou du Sénégal,
  • Viuda senegalesa,
  • viúva-azul,
  • Rotfußwitwe,
  • piroslábú atlaszvida,
  • Staalvink,
  • Vedova dei villaggi,
  • byänka,
  • Landsbyenke,
  • vdovka zamatová,
  • atlásek malý,
  • Atlaskfinke,
  • kyläleski,
  • Staalblouvinkie,
  • vídua del Senegal,
  • wdówka atłasowa,
  • Красноногая вдовушка,
  • シコンチョウ,
  • 靛蓝维达雀,
  • 靛藍維達雀,

Voice song and cries

Combassou du Sénégal
♀ adult

Habitat

Combassou du Sénégal
♂ adult plum. breeding

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Combassou du Sénégal
published: - Updated: 02-09-2006
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