Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 18, 2013
Text last updated June 18, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witpootblouvinkie |
| Catalan | vídua violàcia |
| Dutch | Purperstaalvink |
| English | Purple Indigobird |
| English (United States) | Purple Indigobird |
| French | Combassou violacé |
| French (France) | Combassou violacé |
| German | Purpurwitwe |
| Japanese | スミレシコンチョウ |
| Norwegian | purpurglansenke |
| Polish | wdówka purpurowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Viúva-púrpura |
| Russian | Фиолетовая вдовушка |
| Serbian | Purpurna atlas udovica |
| Slovak | vdovka fialkastá |
| Spanish | Viuda Purpúrea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Viuda purpúrea |
| Swedish | purpurglansänka |
| Turkish | Mor Çivitkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Вдовичка пурпурова |
Vidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883)
PROTONYM:
Hypochera purpurascens
Reichenow, 1883. Journal für Ornithologie 31, p.221.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Usegua, Tanganyika.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- VIDUA
- vidua
- purpurascens
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple Indigobird
