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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Viduidae — theindigobirds andwhydahs .
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Examples
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A new species of Firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis) from northern Nigeria and its association with the Jos Plateau Indigobird (Vidua maryae).
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Two endemic birds include the rock firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis) and the brood-parasitic Jos Plateau indigobird (Vidua maryae).
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Cf. Alanus de Insulis in Migne, vol. 210, p. 194: Vidua ad secundas nuptias non transeat.
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This bad habit is known of the Old World cuckoos, the American cow - birds, the South American rice grackle (_Cassidix_), and suspected in the pin-tail whydah (_Vidua serena_).
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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A family of ten Whydah birds (Vidua purpurea) come to the pomegranate-trees in our yard.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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It harbors West Africa’s only population of klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus porteousi EN), as well as several endemic birds and mammals, including the rock firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis) and its brood-parasite, the Jos Plateau indigobird (Vidua maryae).
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Op. 423), the one that follows entitled "De Vidua accensa libidine cum paupere"
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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