| Jambandu Indigobird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. raricola |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidua raricola Payne, 1982 |
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The Jambandu Indigobird (Vidua raricola) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is also known as the Goldbreast Indigobird. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Togo. Its habitat is savannah and brush.
Different authorities assign this species to various families. Peters assigns it to Ploceidae (Viduinae) whereas Sibley-Monroe assigns it to Passeridae (Estrildinae, Viduini) while Gill (2nd Ed.) places it in Estrildidae.