Purple Indigobird bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsPurple Widowfinch, Kenya Purple Indigobird, Black Indigo-Bird, Purple Widow-finch, Black Indigobird, Puple Widow-finch, Dusky Indigobird
Old latin name for birdHypochera purpurascens
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyIndigobirds, Whydahs / Viduidae
GenusVidua
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionKenya to Angola, Botswana and ne South Africa

Purple Indigobird bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song & mimicry, © Jeff DaCosta
    Tanzania
  • 2.
    Song, © Derek Solomon
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Song & mimicry, © Jeff DaCosta
    Tanzania
  • 5.
    Song, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Song, © Derek Solomon
    Zambia
  • 7.
    Adult, call, male, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 9.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Tanzania
  • 10.
    Song, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansWitpootblouvinkie
Catalanvídua violàcia
Chinese暗色维达雀
Chinese (Traditional)暗紫維達雀
Croatianljubičasta udovičica
Czechatlásek tmavý, Vdovka šedivá
DanishPurpuratlaskfinke
DutchPurperstaalvink
Finnishpurppuraleski
FrenchCombassou violacé, Combassou à jambes blanches, Combassou pourpré, Combassou noirâtre
GermanWeißfuß-Atlaswitwe, Purpurwitwe
Hungarianfehérlábú atlaszvida
ItalianVedova fosca, Uccello indaco scuro
Japaneseハイイロシコンチョウ, スミレシコンチョウ
Lithuanianpurpurinė našlytė
NorwegianPurpurglansenke, purpurglansenke
Norwegian NynorskPurpurglansenkje
Polishwdówka purpurowa
Portugueseviúva-púrpura, Bico-de-prata-de-Wilson, Bico de prata de Wilson
RussianФиолетовая вдовушка, Пурпурная вдовушка
SerbianPurpurna atlas udovica
Slovakvdovka fialkastá
SpanishViuda Oscura, Viuda purpúrea
SwahiliNili Miguu-meupe
Swedishpurpurglansänka
TurkishMor Çivitkuşu
Ukrainianвдовичка пурпурова