Indigobirds, Whydahs

Dusky Indigobird

Vidua funerea

The Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea) is a 14 g woodland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Indigobirds, Whydahs

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

14 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in South Africa, eSwatini, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Rwanda.

Where to see it: Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Kumbira Forest Reserve (Angola); Mbuluzi GR · Savanna Research Center (Eswatini); Seldomseen (Zimbabwe).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist