| Cameroon indigobird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. camerunensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vidua camerunensis (Grote, 1922)
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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.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Vidua camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22732834A132180959. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22732834A132180959.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vidua camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732834A95049885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732834A95049885.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Payne, R. B., Barlow, C. R., Balakrishnan, C. N., & Sorenson, M. D. (2004). "Song mimicry of Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara and other finches by the brood-parasitic Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis in West Africa." The Ibis, 147(1), 130–143.