Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Photo © Justin Ponder
Photo © Justin Ponder — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #164780167ABOUT
The purple indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is a brood parasite and parasitizes (lays its eggs in the nest of) Jameson's Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia). 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.
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Bwabwata National Park
Namibia
+377 birds+35 mammals
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Chobe National Park
Botswana
+446 birds+45 mammals
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Kafue National Park
Zambia
+424 birds+41 mammals
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Kruger National Park
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality·South Africa
+540 birds+91 mammals
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Lochinvar National Park
Bwanda·Zambia
+352 birds+8 mammals
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Lower Zambezi National Park
Zambia
+346 birds+25 mammals
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Luambe National Park
Chitungu·Zambia
+245 birds+3 mammals
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Mapungubwe National Park
Musina Local Municipality·South Africa
+358 birds+29 mammals
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Marakele National Park
Modimolle Local Municipality·South Africa
+341 birds+36 mammals
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