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Jambandu indigobird

Vidua raricola Payne, 1982

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The jambandu indigobird (Vidua raricola) is a species in the family Viduidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.6 g to 12.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the jambandu indigobird

Weight
11.6 g – 12.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src 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 jambandu indigobird live?

Not recorded

What is the jambandu indigobird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The jambandu indigobird (Vidua raricola) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is also known as the goldbreast indigobird.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Togo. Its habitat is savannah and brush.

From the Wikipedia article “Jambandu indigobird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jambandu_indigobird&oldid=1380350434), 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 jambandu indigobird endangered?

The jambandu 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 jambandu indigobird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyViduidae
  6. genusVidua
  7. SpeciesVidua raricola Payne, 1982
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Goldbreast indigobirdEnglish
  • JAINEnglish
  • vídua de JambanduCatalan
  • atlásek jambandskýCzech
  • wida JambanduWelsh
  • Jambandu AtlaskfinkeDanish
  • Jambandu-atlaskfinkeDanish
  • JambanduwitweGerman
  • Jambandu-AtlaswitweGerman
  • JambandumohrenwitweGerman
  • jambandua viduoEsperanto
  • Viuda de JambandúSpanish
  • tiikeripeiponleskiFinnish
  • tiikeripeippoleskiFinnish
  • Combassou jambandouFrench
  • Combassou de JambanduFrench
  • močvarna udovičicaCroatian
  • zöldes atlaszvidaHungarian
  • Vedova jambanduItalian
  • サバンナシコンチョウJapanese
  • našlytė atsiskyrėlėLithuanian
  • JambanduatlasvinkDutch
  • JambandustaalvinkDutch
  • grønnglansenkeNorwegian
  • wdówka samotnaPolish
  • viúva-de-jambanduPortuguese
  • viúva-verde-brilhantePortuguese
  • Вдовушка рариколаRussian
  • Астрильдовая вдовушкаRussian
  • vdovka zlatoprsčiaSlovak
  • jambanduänkaSwedish
  • Jambandu ÇivitkuşuTurkish
  • вдовичка-самітницяUkrainian
  • 詹巴杜维达雀Chinese
  • 占班杜靛藍維達雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the jambandu 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 jambandu indigobird?

An adult jambandu indigobird weighs 11.6 g – 12.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the jambandu indigobird endangered?

The jambandu 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 jambandu indigobird?

The jambandu indigobird (Vidua raricola) belongs to the family Viduidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jambandu indigobird (Vidua raricola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jambandu-indigobird

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BibTeX
@misc{jambandu_indigobird_2026,
  title = {Jambandu indigobird (Vidua raricola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jambandu-indigobird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}