Bird families · Passeriformes

Indigobirds, Whydahs

Viduidae · 20 species

Indigobirds, Whydahs (Viduidae) is a family of 20 bird species in the order Passeriformes. They live mostly in shrubland, woodland, grassland habitats. The smallest is the Steel-blue Whydah and the largest the Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah.

• Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
• Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
• Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis
• Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
• Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
• Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
• Jambandu Indigobird Vidua raricola
• Jos Plateau Indigobird Vidua maryae
• Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
• Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
• Quailfinch Indigobird Vidua nigeriae
• Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
• Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
• Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
• Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
• Togo Paradise Whydah Vidua togoensis
• Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
• Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
• Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni