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Cameroon Indigobird
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Cameroon Indigobird

Vidua camerunensis
BirdNET IDBN13564
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations3
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The Cameroon indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the variable indigobird (Vidua funerea). They range from Sierra Leone to east Cameroon, north east Zaire and South Sudan. There are less than 10,000 Vidua camerunensis in total, which range over 20,000 km2 in the savannah and grasslands of South Africa. The birds have a distinct blue color with underlying brown feathers and a small white beak to crack nuts and seeds. There are many indigobird species in the world, and they are mainly known for their song mimicry. The different species of indigobirds are not morphologically different, but they do differ in the songs they choose to mimic.

Translated Descriptions (7)

es wikipedia
La viuda camerunesa​ (Vidua camerunensis) es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente a la familia Viduidae. Es una especie no amenazada según la IUCN.​ Se puede encontrar en Sierra Leona, Camerún, Zaire y Sudán del Sur. Durante un tiempo fue considerada una subespecie de la Vidua funerea.
fi wikipedia
Fonioleski (Vidua camerunensis) on leskien heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
it wikipedia
Il combassù o combassou del Camerun, noto anche come vedova del Camerun (Vidua camerunensis (Grote, 1922)), è un uccello passeriforme della famiglia Viduidae.
nl wikipedia
De foniostaalvink (Vidua camerunensis) is een vogel uit de familie van de Viduidae. Fonio is Digitaria exilis, een soort graan en een belangrijk gewas in West-Afrika.
ru wikipedia
Vidua camerunensis (лат.) — вид птиц из семейства вдовушковых. Некоторые авторы считают его подвидом Vidua funerea.
sv wikipedia
Fonioänka (Vidua camerunensis) är en fågel i familjen änkor inom ordningen tättingar.
zh wikipedia
喀麦隆维达雀(学名:Vidua camerunensis),是雀形目维达雀科的一种鸟类。

Common Names (29 locales)

bg Камерунска индигова птица
ca vídua del Camerun
cs atlásek kamerunský
da Cameroon Atlaskfinke
de Kamerunwitwe
en Cameroon Indigobird
eo Kameruna viduo
es Viuda Camerunesa
es_EC Viuda Camerunesa
es_ES Viuda camerunesa
es_MX Viuda Camerunesa
fa نیلیمرغ کامرون
fi fonioleski
fr Combassou du Cameroun
hr smeđokrila udovičica
ja カメルーンシコンチョウ
nl Foniostaalvink
no guineaenke
pl wdówka sahelska
pt cameroon indigobird
pt_PT Cameroon indigobird
ru Камерунская вдовушка
sk vdovka vločkovníčia
sr Kamerunska atlas udovica
sv fonioänka
tr Kamerun Çivitkuşusu
uk Вдовичка камерунська
zh 喀麦隆维达雀
zh-CN 喀麦隆维达鸟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#73554
eBirdcamind1
Macaulay Librarycamind1
Xeno-CantoVidua camerunensis
observation.org#79246
GBIF5789088
NCBI243226
AvibaseVidua-camerunensis
BirdLife22732834