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Barka indigobird

Vidua larvaticola Payne, 1982

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) is a species in the family Viduidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 13 g to 13.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the barka indigobird

Weight
13.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the barka indigobird live?

Not recorded

What is the barka indigobird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, and South Sudan. It is also known as the baka indigobird but the spelling "barka" is more correct; the word is a greeting in the Hausa language.

From the Wikipedia article “Barka indigobird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barka_indigobird&oldid=1314524102), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the barka indigobird endangered?

The barka indigobird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the barka indigobird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyViduidae
  6. genusVidua
  7. SpeciesVidua larvaticola Payne, 1982
Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • BAINEnglish
  • Baka indigobirdEnglish
  • Baka indigobirdEnglish
  • Black-faced firefinch indigobirdEnglish
  • vídua barkaCatalan
  • atlásek černolícíCzech
  • wida BakaWelsh
  • Baka AtlaskfinkeDanish
  • Barka-atlaskfinkeDanish
  • BarkawitweGerman
  • Baka-AtlaswitweGerman
  • BakaatlaswitweGerman
  • barka viduoEsperanto
  • Viuda de BarkaSpanish
  • bambuleskiFinnish
  • Combassou BakoFrench
  • Combassou barkaFrench
  • Combassou de BakaFrench
  • modra udovičicaCroatian
  • Baka-atlaszvidaHungarian
  • Vedova faccianeraItalian
  • バカシコンチョウJapanese
  • juodaveidė našlytėLithuanian
  • Baka-AtlasvinkDutch
  • BarkastaalvinkDutch
  • hausaenkeNorwegian
  • wdówka ubogaPolish
  • viúva-barcaPortuguese
  • viúva-de-barkaPortuguese
  • Вдовушка БаркаRussian
  • Чернолицая вдовушкаRussian
  • vdovka tmaváSlovak
  • maskamarantsänkaSwedish
  • Barka ÇivitkuşuTurkish
  • вдовичка чагарниковаUkrainian
  • 巴喀维达雀Chinese
  • 巴卡靛藍維達雀Chinese

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Relatives of the barka indigobird

Other species in the same genus Vidua.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the barka indigobird?

An adult barka indigobird weighs 13.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the barka indigobird endangered?

The barka indigobird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the barka indigobird?

The barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) belongs to the family Viduidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/barka-indigobird

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“Barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/barka-indigobird.

BibTeX
@misc{barka_indigobird_2026,
  title = {Barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barka-indigobird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}