Vidua: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Viduidae
- Genus
- Vidua
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Vidua
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Vidua
Vidua is a genus of passerine birds in the family Viduidae.
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the pin-tailed whydah. The name Vidua is a Latin word meaning "widow".
The genus contains 19 species:
Members of this genus brood-parasitise estrilid finches. Estrildidae is the sister family to Viduidae.
...Vidua in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Blouvinkies, Paradysvinke & Rooibekkies
- Bokmål
- Enker
- Chinese
- 維達鳥屬
- Czech
- vdovka, atlásek
- Danish
- Paradisenker
- English
- Indigobirds and Whydahs
- Finnish
- lesket
- French
- Combassoux et Veuves
- German
- Paradies-, Mohren- & Atlaswitwen
- Russian
- Вдовушки
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