Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Whydahs and Indigobirds (Viduidae) · Passeriformes · Whydahs and Indigobirds
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Purple Indigobird with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea | 5 |
| Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata | 3 |
| Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii | 1 |
| Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea | 1 |
| South African Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera | 1 |
Family
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.
Order
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 …