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Viduidae family
Which is the best bird?
Cuckoo-finch
Sahel paradise whydah
Village indigobird
Exclamatory paradise whydah
Straw-tailed whydah
Steel-blue whydah
Shaft-tailed whydah
Purple indigobird
Long-tailed paradise whydah
Dusky indigobird
Pin-tailed whydah
This family contains just eleven eligible species in two genera (Vidua and Anomalospiza).
Green Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It appears on Zambia's new 5 ngwee coin.
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March 27, 2022 - Village Indigobird or Steelblue Widowfinch (Vidua chalybeata)
Found in central and eastern Africa, these indigobirds live in savanna, scrubland, farmland, and towns. They eat mostly grass seeds and occasionally some termites, foraging on the ground. Males defend territories and breed with multiple females which then lay their eggs in Red-billed or Brown Firefinch nests. The chicks are raised by the firefinches and adults mimic the calls of their host species.
windclan — year seven — newleaf
tawnystar dies, and indigostar becomes leader. congrats! you're the first noncanon character to become leader.
crowfeather is now deputy. pale-ear becomes a warrior.
deep breath. noddingpaw, banepaw, and streampaw are apprenticed to iciclesun, indigostar, and shadewing,
and. another, deeper breath.
whitetail has five more kits. droughtkit (pale brown and white tom), hoodkit (silvery blue and white she-cat), pricklekit (smoky tom with white patches), snakekit (smoky tom), and tailkit (blue and white she-cat with dark flecks and long fur)
May 23, 2021 - Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni)
These indigobirds are found in savannas, grasslands, wetlands, and other open habitats in parts of west and central Africa. They eat seeds, foraging on the ground. Like other indigobirds, they are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of Bar-breasted Firefinches. The firefinches perform all of the parenting duties for the chicks.
windclan — year five — leaffall
so. out of whitetail's litter, sapkit, juniperkit, and goldenkit all die. nightcloud has three kits, breezekit, maplekit (smoky blue tom), and vanillakit (black tom with long fur), but maplekit and vanillakit are weak.
the truth comes out about crowfeather's kits with leafpaw, and webstar (in his infinite wisdom) decides to challenge thunderclan for them. yellowbreeze (nightcloud's littermate) and orangepaw die for this.
whitetail's surviving kits, heatherpaw, rockpaw, ashpaw, and cresspaw, are apprenticed to halotail, indigobird, iciclesun, and shadewing.
(oh, and, relatively minor, but patchpaw is reassigned to willowdawn since nightcloud is in the nursery.)
windclan — year four — allegiances
leadership
leader: deadstar (9y). small, black tom with an unusable paw.
deputy: webfoot (3y). dark, tabby tom. (apprentice — crowpaw)
seer: pinespark (1y). mostly white, smoky tom. (apprentice — poplarpaw)
warriors
ashfoot (8y). broad-faced, grey she-cat with blue eyes.
tornear (7y). wiry grey tom. (apprentice — nightpaw)
storksnow (2y). tortoiseshell she-cat.
tawnyfur (2y). golden-brown she-cat. (apprentice — halopaw)
gorseheart (2y). lean, brown tom with thick fur. (apprentice — yellowpaw)
indigobird (1y). dappled, light brown tortoiseshell and white she-cat.
iciclesun (1y). mottled reddish brown she-cat.
willowdawn (1y). black and grey tom.
queens
whitetail (2y). small, white she-cat. (kits — squailkit, shadekit, and oakkit)
elders
doespring (9y). light brown she-cat.
rabbitfern (9y). pale brown she-cat with a fluffy white underbelly.
