Purple Indigobird | |
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Male photographed at Mabilingwe Resort, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Viduidae |
Genus: | Vidua |
Species: | V. purpurascens |
Binomial name | |
Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883) |
The Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is also known as the Dusky Indigobird, a name which can refer to Vidua funerea. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.