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Systemmatic list - part 29: Whydahs and Indigobirds

 

Pin-tailed Whydah (Pin-tailed Widow) Vidua macroura [3]

2 Lake Chilwa 15th and 1 Chongoni 25th.

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Pin-tailed Whydah, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011

 

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Pin-tailed Whydah, Chongoni, 25th May 2011

 

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Broad-tailed Paradise Widow) Vidua obtusa [3]

At Dzalanyama 1-2 at the dambo 22nd-24th and 1 at the village near the Lodge 24th.

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Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah, Dzalanyama, 24th (left) and 23rd (right) May 2011

 

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Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydahs, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011

 

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Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah, Dzalanyama, 22nd May 2011

 

Eastern Paradise-Whydah (Long-tailed Paradise Widow) Vidua paradisaea [1]

1 along the exit from Cape Maclear 19th.

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Eastern Paradise-Whydah, south of Cape Maclear, 19th May 2011

 

Village Indigobird (Steel-blue Widowfinch) Vidua chalybeata [4]

1 singing male Cape Clear 18th and 19th, 1 Lengwe 21st and 1 Dedza 25th.

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Village Indigobird, Dedza, 25th May 2011

 

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Village Indigobird, Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011

 

Variable Indigobird (Dusky Indigobird, Black Widowfinch) Vidua funerea [4]

A singing male and 2 females Dzalanyama 23rd and a singing male between Dzalanyama and Lilongwe 24th. In addition a male near Cape Maclear 18th was either this species or Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens.

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Variable Indigobirds, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011

 

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Variable Indigobird, between Dzalanyama and Lilongwe, 24th May 2011

 

Variable or Purple Indigobird, near Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011

 

 

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