Cameroon Indigobird

Vidua camerunensis (Grote, 1922)

12 gWeight

The Cameroon indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.

Most records: Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria

Cameroon Indigobird has been recorded at 5 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Ngaoundaba RanchCameroon2 records
Brenu Beach – grasslandsGhana2 records
Mole NPGhana2 records

More places

Millennium ParkNigeria1 record
Winneba LagoonGhana1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Ghana Cameroon Nigeria

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Cameroon indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the variable indigobird (Vidua funerea). They range from Sierra Leone to east Cameroon, north east Zaire and South Sudan.

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Questions

How big is the Cameroon Indigobird?

The Cameroon Indigobird weighs around 12 g.

Where does the Cameroon Indigobird live?

Its breeding range: Africa: Guinea-Bissau to Sierra Leone and east to South Sudan, northeastern DR Congo and Republic of the Congo. It is most often recorded in Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria.