An African weaver related to the whydahs, the male having black plumage with blue or purple iridescence.
靛蓝维达鸟，非洲雀科小鸣鸟
Genus Vidua, family Ploceidae: four species
Example sentencesExamples
- In contrast to cuckoos, both male and female indigobirds imprint on their hosts.
- None of the indigobirds associated with red-billed firefinch were closely related to individuals associated with brown firefinch, or vice versa.
- It examined 200 indigobirds from 10 African species, plus their host species.
- Her daughter, genetically an indigobird, imprinted on her Melba Finch foster parents and then mated with a male paradise whydah mimicking Melba Finch song.
- The intermediate male breeding plumage - between that of an indigobird and a paradise whydah therefore indicates that the father was a paradise whydah.