Steel-blue Whydah | |
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Male in Tanzania | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Viduidae |
Genus: | Vidua |
Species: | V. hypocherina |
Binomial name | |
Vidua hypocherina Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856 |
The Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.