page_title: List of birds of Malawi
section_title: Indigobirds
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Malawi / Indigobirds
caption_attribution_description: Male Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura), Ghana
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Malawi. The avifauna of Malawi include a total of 684 species, of which 2 have been introduced by humans. 21 species are globally threatened. 1 species is endemic.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Malawi.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
  Accidental - a rarely occurring species in Malawi
  Endemic - a species endemic to Malawi
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Malawi as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Malawi although populations exist elsewhere
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
  Village indigobird, Vidua chalybeata
  Variable indigobird, Vidua funerea
  Purple indigobird, Vidua purpurascens
  Green indigobird, Vidua codringtoni
  Parasitic weaver, Anomalospiza imberbis
caption: Pin-tailed whydah, lays its eggs in the nests of waxbills and mannikins
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