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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Viduidae (whydahs, indigobirds, cuckoo finch)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Anomalospiza imberbis (Cuckoo finch) 

Vidua chalybeata (Village indigobird, Steelblue widowfinch) 

Vidua codringtoni (Twinspot indigobird) 

 

Vidua funerea (Dusky indigobird, Variable indigobird, Black widowfinch) 

Vidua macroura (Pin-tailed whydah) 

Vidua obtusa (Broad-tailed paradise-whydah) 

Vidua paradisaea (Long-tailed paradise-whydah, Paradise whydah) 

Vidua purpurascens (Purple indigobird, Purple widowfinch) 

Vidua regia (Shaft-tailed whydah)