page_title: List of birds of Uganda
section_title: Indigobirds
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Uganda / Indigobirds
caption_attribution_description: Male Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura), Ghana
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Uganda. The avifauna of Uganda included a total of 1066 confirmed species as of May 2020. Of them, one is endemic, 66 are accidental, and three have been introduced by humans. Three additional species are hypothetical as defined below and are not included in the counts. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of iGoTerra.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and residents.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Uganda
  Endemic - a species endemic to Uganda
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Uganda as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species possibly present but which has not been documented
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Viduidae
  The indigobirds are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. All are brood parasites which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches.
  Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura
  Broad-tailed paradise-whydah, Vidua obtusa
  Eastern paradise-whydah, Vidua paradisaea
  Steel-blue whydah, Vidua hypocherina
  Straw-tailed whydah, Vidua fischeri
  Village indigobird, Vidua chalybeata
  Parasitic weaver, Anomalospiza imberbis
caption: Pin-tailed whydah
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