Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Whydahs and Indigobirds (Viduidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Spesso confuso con
Nei quiz i giocatori confondono più spesso Purple Indigobird con questi uccelli: o questa specie è stata scelta per errore, o il contrario.
| Specie | Confusioni |
|---|---|
| Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea | 4 |
| Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata | 3 |
| Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii | 1 |
| South African Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera | 1 |
Famiglia
The indigobirds, whydahs and cuckoo-finch make up the family Viduidae; they are small passerine birds native to Africa. These are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. The birds named "whydahs" have long or very long tails in the breeding male.
Ordine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …