Vidua
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| Male pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua Cuvier, 1816 |
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Vidua is a genus of passerine birds in the family Viduidae.
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the pin-tailed whydah.[2] The name Vidua is the Latin word for "widow".[3]
The genus contains 19 species:[4]
- Village indigobird, Vidua chalybeata
- Purple indigobird, Vidua purpurascens
- Jambandu indigobird, Vidua raricola
- Barka indigobird, Vidua larvaticola
- Dusky indigobird, Vidua funerea
- Zambezi indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Wilson's indigobird, Vidua wilsoni
- Quailfinch indigobird, Vidua nigeriae
- Jos Plateau indigobird, Vidua maryae
- Cameroon indigobird, Vidua camerunensis
- Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura
- Steel-blue whydah, Vidua hypocherina
- Straw-tailed whydah, Vidua fischeri
- Shaft-tailed whydah, Vidua regia
- Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea
- Sahel paradise whydah, Vidua orientalis
- Exclamatory paradise whydah, Vidua interjecta
- Togo paradise whydah, Vidua togoensis
- Broad-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua obtusa
References
- ^ Cuvier, Georges (1816). Le Règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée (in French). Vol. Volume 1. Paris: Déterville. pp. 388–389.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 May 2018.