Steel-blue whydah

Steel-blue whydah
Male in Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Viduidae
Genus: Vidua
Species: V. hypocherina
Binomial name
Vidua hypocherina
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856

The steel-blue whydah (Vidua hypocherina) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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