African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 21 - Red-fronted Flowerpecker to Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Red-fronted Flowerpecker (Parmoptila rubifrons) -- Alternative English Name(s): Jameson's Antpecker, Red-faced Flowerpecker, Red-fronted Antpecker, Red-fronted Flowerpecker Weaverfinch

P. r. rubrifrons -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Antpecker
P. r. jamesoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Jameson's Antpecker, Congo Antpecker

Red-headed Flowerpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Flower-pecker Antpecker, Red-headed Antpecker, Flowerpecker Weaver-Finch, Woodhouse's Antpecker, Red-headed Flowerpecker Weaverfinch

P. r. woodhousei -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. r. alexandri
P. r. ansorgei -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Antpecker

White-breasted Negrofinch (Nigrita fusconota) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-breasted Blackfinch

N. f. fusconota
N. f. uropygialis -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast White-breasted Negrofinch

Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch (Nigrita bicolor) -- Alternative English Name(s): Chestnut-breasted Blackfinch

N. b. bicolor
N. b. brunnescens -- Alternative English Name(s): Lower Guinea Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. b. saturatior

Pale-fronted Negrofinch (Nigrita luteifrons) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pale-fronted Blackfinch

N. l. luteifrons -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. l. orientalis
N. l. alexanderi -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Pale-fronted Negrofinch

Grey-crowned Negrofinch (Nigrita canicapilla) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-crowned Blackfinch, Grey-headed Negrofinch

N. c. canicapilla
N. c. schistacea -- Alternative English Name(s): Sotik Grey-crowned Negrofinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. c. sparsimguttata
N. c. diabolica -- Alternative English Name(s): Kilimanjaro Grey-crowned Negrofinch
N. c. candida
N. c. emilae -- Alternative English Name(s): Fanti Grey-headed Negrofinch
N. c. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Grey-crowned Negrofinch
N. c. intermedia

Fernando Po Oliveback (Nesocharis shelleyi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Little Oliveback

N. s. shelleyi -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Oliveback
N. s. bansoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Banso Oliveback

White-collared Oliveback (Nesocharis ansorgei)

White-cheeked Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-headed Oliveback

Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) -- Alternative English Name(s): Crimson-winged Pytilia, Aurora

P. p. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Red-winged Pytilia
P. p. phoenicoptera
P. p. lineata -- Alternative English Name(s): Lineated Pytilia, Abyssinian Red-winged Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): Pytilia lineata

Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra) -- Alternative English Name(s): Golden-backed Pytilia, Yellow-backed Pytilia

Melba Finch (Pytilia melba) -- Alternative English Name(s): Green-winged Pytilia, Melba

P. m. melba -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. angolensis
P. m. grotei -- Alternative English Name(s): Tanganyika Green-winged Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. mosambica
P. m. citerior -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegambian Green-winged Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. tanganjicae, P. m. percivali, P. m. conradsi
P. m. percivali
P. m. soudanensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Green-winged Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. affinis, P. m. jubaensis
P. m. belli -- Alternative English Name(s): Central African Green-winged Pytilia
P. m. thamnophila -- Alternative English Name(s): Eritrean Green-winged Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. jessei, P. m. slatini

Yellow-winged Pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-faced Pytilia, Lopes' Pytilia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. lopezi

Green Twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula) -- Alternative English Name(s): Green-backed Twinspot

M. n. nitidula -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. n. virens
M. n. schlegeli -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Green-backed Twinspot
M. n. chubbi -- Alternative English Name(s): Marsabit Green-backed Twinspot
M. n. virginiae

Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-eyed Crimson-wing

C. r. australis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Red-faced Crimsonwing, Uganda Red-faced Crimsonwing -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. sanguinolenta, C. r. ocularis
C. r. reichenovii -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. elizae
C. r. homogenes

Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ethiopian Crimsonwing

C. s. salvadorii
C. s. ruwenzori -- Alternative English Name(s): Elgon Crimsonwing
C. s. kilimensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Mt Urguess Crimsonwing -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. chyuluensis, C. s. borealis

Dusky Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza jacksoni)

Shelley's Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza shelleyi)

Black-bellied Seedcracker (Pirenestes ostrinus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rothschild's Seedcracker, Large-billed Seedcracker, Urungu Seedcracker -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. minor frommi

P. o. ostrinus -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Seedcracker
P. o. rothschildi -- Alternative English Name(s): Rothschild's Seedcracker, Forest Black-bellied Seedcracker, Ogowe Black-bellied Seedcracker -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. o. gabunensis
P. o. maximus -- Alternative English Name(s): Large-billed Seedcracker, Savanna Black-bellied Seedcracker
P. o. frommi -- Alternative English Name(s): Large-billed Seedcracker, Urungu Seedcracker, Sesse Island Black-belied Seedcracker -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. o. centralis

Crimson Seedcracker (Pirenestes sanguineus)

P. s. sanguinensis
P. s. coccineus

Lesser Seedcracker (Pirenestes minor) -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasaland Seedcracker

P. m. minor -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Seedcracker, Nyasaland Seedcracker -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. granti
P. m. vincenti -- Alternative English Name(s): Vincent's Seedcracker

Grant's Bluebill (Spermophaga poliogenys) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grant's Blue-billed Weaver

Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla)

S. r. ruficapilla
S. r. cana

Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bluebill, Blue-billed Weaver

S. h. haematina -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. h. leonina
S. h. togoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Togo Bluebill
S. h. pustulata -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon Bluebill -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. h. guttata

Brown Twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri)

C. m. ugandensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Brown Twinspot
C. m. monteiri

Peter's Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-throated Twinspot

H. n. niveogutatis
H. n. macrospilotus -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. n. centralis
H. n. interior

Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rosy Twinspot

Dybowski's Twinspot (Euschistoticta dybowskii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Twinspot, Dybowski's Dusky Twinspot

Dusky Twinspot (Euschistospiza cinereovinacea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Firefinch

L. c. graueri -- Alternative English Name(s): Baraka Dusky Twinspot -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. rudolfi
L. c. cinerovinacea

Brown Firefinch (Lagonosticta nitidula) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. harterti

L. n. nitidula
L. n. plumbaria

Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)

L. r. lateritia -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Nile Bar-breasted Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. r. incerta
L. r. rufopicta

Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)

L. s. brunneiceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Red-billed Firefinch, Lake Abaya Red-billed Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. s. erythreae, L. s. carlo, L. s. abayensis
L. s. somaliensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Red-billed Firefinch, Kikuyu Red-billed Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. s. zedlitzi, L. s. kikuyuensis
L. s. rendalli -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Red-billed Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. s. dilutior
L. s. ruberrima -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Red-billed Firefinch
L. s. rhodopsis -- Alternative English Name(s): Adamawa Red-billed Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. s. flavodorsalis
L. s. pallidicrissa -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Red-billed Firefinch
L. s. senegala
L. s. guineensis

Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Waxbill

E. r. rara -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. r. neglecta
E. r. forbesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Black-bellied Firefich

Blue-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Firefinch

L. r. congica -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. r. ugandae
L. r. ugandae
L. r. haematocephala -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Firefinch, Kenya Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. r. reichenowi, L. r. hildebrandti, L. r. umbiroventer, L. r. kilimensis
L. r. polionota
L. r. sannagae -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Firefinch
L. r. rubricata -- Alternative English Name(s): Cape Firefinch

Pale-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta landanae)

Jameson's Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. jamesoni

L. r. rhodopareia -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. r. fricki
L. r. jamesoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Matabele Firefinch
L. r. taruensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Taru Firefinch
L. r. ansorgei -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Firefinch
L. r. bruneli

Reichenow's Firefinch (Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis)

Mali Firefinch (Lagonosticta virata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kulikoro Firefinch

Rock Firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis)

Black-faced Firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-throated Firefinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): L nigricollis, L. vinacea

L. l. larvata -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-throated Firefinch, Black-throated Waxbill
L. l. nigricollis -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-faced Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. l. butleri, L. l. nigrifacies
L. l. togoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Togo Black-faced Waxbill
L. l. vinacea -- Alternative English Name(s): Vlack-faced Firefinch, Vinaceous Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): Lagonosticta vinacea

Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blue-cheeked Waxbill, Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu, Cordon-bleu

U. a. niassensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Cordon-bleu
U. a. angolensis
U. b. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damaraland Cordon-bleu
U. b. cyanopleurus

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Kenya Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, East Coast Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Uganda Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Congo Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

U. b. bengalus -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. b. perpallidus, U. b. barcae, U. b. togoensis
U. b. schoanus -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
U. b. brunneigularis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
U. b. ugogoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): East Coast Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Uganda Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Congo Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. b. ugandae, U. b. bengalus
U. b. katangae -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. b. semotus
U. b. kigomainsis
U. b. cameruensis
U. b. littoralis

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)

Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)

U. i. ianthinogaster
U. i. hawkeri -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Purple Grenadier, Awash Purple Grenadier -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. i. somereni, U. i. ugandae
U. i. ugandae
U. i. roosvelti -- Alternative English Name(s): Masai Purple Grenadier -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. i. rothschildi, U. i. montana

Violet-eared Waxbill (Uraeginthus granatina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Grenadier, Grenadier

G. g. granatina -- Alternative scientific name(s): G. g. siccata
G. g. retusa

Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-tailed Lavender Waxbill

Black-tailed Waxbill (Estrilda perreini) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey Waxbill

E. p. perreini -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-tailed Lavender Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. p. hapalochroa
E. p. incana -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Lavender Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. p. poliogastra
E. p. poliogastra

Cinderella Waxbill (Estrilda thomensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Waxbill

E. t. cinderella -- Alternative English Name(s): Cinderella Waxbill, Cinderella Lavender Waxbill, Neumann's Waxbill
E. t. thomensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Waxbill, Sao Tome Lavender Waxbill

Swee Waxbill (Estrilda melanotis) -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Swee, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Uganda Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Estrilda quartina) -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Swee

E. m. quartina -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Yellow-bellied Waxbill
E. m. kilimensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Yellow-bellied Waxbill
E. m. bocagei -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Yellow-bellied Waxbill
E. m. stuartirwini

Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola) -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. roseicrissa

E. p. paludicola
E. p. roseicrissa -- Alternative English Name(s): Rosy-flanked Waxbill
E. p. marwitzi -- Alternative English Name(s): Uhehe Rosy-flanked Waxbill
E. p. benguellensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Fawn-breasted Waxbill
E. p. ruthae
E. p. ochrogaster -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Waxbill, Abyssinian Fawn-breasted Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): Estrilda ochrogaster

Anambra Waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia) -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. anambrae

Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)

E. m. tshadensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Chad Orange-cheeked Waxbill
E. m. melpoda -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. m. fucata

Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)

E. r. rhodopyga -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. r. polia
E. r. centralis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)

Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey Waxbill, Yellow-browed Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. cinerea, E. xanthophrys

Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild) -- Alternative English Name(s): Waxbill

E. a. minor -- Alternative English Name(s): Mombasa Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. litoris
E. a. cavendishi -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Waxbill, Masai Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. nyassae, E. a. massaica
E. a. massaica
E. a. peasei -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Waxbill, Baro Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. erlangeri, E. a. macmillani
E. a. nyanzae -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. munzeri, E. a. adesma
E. a. astrild -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. tenebridorsa
E. a. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Waxbill
E. a. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damaraland Waxbill
E. a. niediecki -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. ngamiensis
E. a. rubriventris -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. gaboonensis
E. a. occidentalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Waxbill
E. a. souzae -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Waxbill
E. a. kempi
E. a. schoutedenia
E. a. jagoensis

Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-faced Waxbill

Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)

E. n. nonnula
E. n. elizae
E. n. eisentrauti

Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kandt's Waxbill

E. a. graueri -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. keniensis
E. a. atricapilla
E. a. avakubi
E. a. kandti -- Alternative English Name(s): Kandt's Waxbill, Kivu Black-headed Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): Estrilda kandti

Black-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda erythronotos) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-faced Waxbill

E. e. delamerei -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-faced Waxbill, Kenya Black-cheeked Waxbill
E. e. erythronotos -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-cheeked Waxbill
E. e. soligena

Red-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-cheeked Waxbill, Abyssinian Red-rumped Waxbill, Loita Red-rumped Waxbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. c. charmosyna, E. c. nigrimentum, E. c. pallidior, E. .c kiwanukae

E. c. charmosyna
E. c kiwanukae

Zebra Waxbill (Amandava subflava) -- Alternative English Name(s): Orange-breasted Waxbill

A. s. subflava
A. s. clarkei -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Zebra Waxbill

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

A. a. amandava

Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Quailfinch

O. a. atricollis
O. a. fuscocrissa -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Quailfinch
O. a. muelleri -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Quailfinch
O. a. digressa -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Quailfinch -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. a. polyzona
O. a. bradfieldi
O. a. pallida
O. a. miniscula
O. a. smithersi
O. a. ansorgei -- Alternative English Name(s): Gunnal Quailfinch
O. a. ugandae

Black-chinned Quailfinch (Ortygospiza gabonensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-billed Quail-Finch

O. g. fuscata
O. g. gabonensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon Quailfinch
O. g. dorsostriata -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Quailfinch

Locust-Finch (Ortygospiza locustella) -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. irisae

O. l. locustella -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. l. rendalli
O. l. uelensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uele Locust-Finch

Grey-headed Silverbill (Lonchura griseicapilla) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. caniceps

Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bronze Munia

L. c. cucullata
L. c. scutata -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Bronze Mannikin

Red-backed Mannikin (Lonchura bicolor) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-backed Munia, Black-and-white Mannikin, Brown-backed Mannikin, Rufous-backed Mannikin -- Alternative scientific name(s): L.. nigriceps, L. poensis

L. b. poensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-and-white Mannikin, Lower Guinea Black-and-white Mannikin, Uganda Black-and-white Mannikin -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. b. goossensi, L. b. stigmatophorus
L. b. minor -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Rufous-backed Mannikin
L. b. woltersi
L. b. bicolor -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Black-and-white Mannikin -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. b. punctata, L. b. sclateri, L. b. lebomboensis

Brown-backed Mannikin (Lonchura nigriceps) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown-backed Mannikin, Rufous-backed Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin (Lonchura fringilloides) -- Alternative English Name(s): Magpie Munia, Pied Mannikin

Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)

African Silverbill (Lonchura cantans) -- Alternative English Name(s): Warbling Silverbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): L.. malabarica cantans

L. c. cantans -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Silverbill, Kenya Silverbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. baraensis, L. c. inornata, L. c. meridionalis, L. c. tavetensis
L. c. orientalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Arabian Silverbill

Java Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cut-throat

A. f. fasciata
A. f. alexanderi -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Cut-throat
A. f. meridionalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Rhodesian Cut-throat -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. f. albitorquata

Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala) -- Alternative English Name(s): Paradise Sparrow

A. e. erythrocephala
A. e. dissita

Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Steel-blue Indigobird, Steel-blue Widow-finch, South African indigobird, Village Combassou, Purple Indigobird, Green Indigobird -- Alternative scientific name(s): V.. aeana

V. c. ultramarina -- Alternative English Name(s): Purple Indigobird -- Alternative scientific name(s): V. c. ignestii
V. c. neumanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Chad Green Indigobird
V. c. orientalis -- Alternative scientific name(s): V. c. centralis
V. c. centralis
V. c. amauropteryx -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Indigobird
V. c. chalybeata -- Alternative English Name(s): Green Indigobird
V. c. okavangoensis

Jambandu Indigobird (Vidua raricola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Goldbreast Indigobird

Baka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-faced Firefinch Indigobird

Variable Indigobird (Vidua funerea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Indigobird, Black Indigobird, Black Widow-finch

V. f. funerea -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Indigobird
V. f. nigerrima -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Indigobird, Angola Dusky Indigobird
V. f. lusituensis

Green Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Peter's Twinspot Indigobird, Codrington's Indigobird

Jos Plateau Indigobird (Vidua maryae)

Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Alexander's Indigobird

Dusky Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Purple Indigobird, Puple Widow-finch, Kenya Purple Indigobird

Pale-winged Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bar-breasted Firefinch Indigobird, Nigerian Dusky Indigobird

Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Green Indigobird -- Alternative scientific name(s): V.. chalybea camerunensis, V. c. sharpii

Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Steel-blue Widow, Steely-blue Pin-tailed Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Straw-tailed Widow, Fischer's Pin-tailed Whydah

Queen Whydah (Vidua regia) -- Alternative English Name(s): Shaft-tailed Whydah, Shaft-tailed Paradise Whydah

V. r. regia
V. r. woltersi

Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pin-tailed Widow, Koning Roodebec, Haagner's Pin-tailed Whydah -- Alternative scientific name(s): V.. haagneri haagneri, V. haagneri okadai

Northern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua orientalis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Paradise Widow, Sahel Paradise-Whydah

V. o. orientalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Whydah, Nile Valley Paradise Whydah -- Alternative scientific name(s): V. o. nilotica, V. o. kaduliensis
V. o. aucupum -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Paradise Whydah

Togo Paradise-Whydah (Vidua togoensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Togo Widow

Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Vidua interjecta) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-tailed Widow, Uele Paradise Whydah, Exclamations Paradise-Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Paradise Widow, Paradise Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah -- Alternative scientific name(s): V.. verreauxi

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Vidua obtusa) -- Alternative English Name(s): Broad-tailed Widow, Nyasa Paradise Whydah