Cameroon Indigobird
Vidua camerunensis
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Whydahs and Indigobirds (Viduidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Discontinuously distributed from Sierra Leone eastward to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Cameroon indigobird
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
