Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Viduidae > Vidua > Vidua hypocherinaVidua hypocherina (Steel-blue Whydah)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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.25179 EDGE Score: 1.83287 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 12 grams | | Male Weight [3] | 12 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Granivore | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 30 % | | | Clutch Size [1] | 4 | | Mating Display [1] | Ground display (mostly) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic |
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Abijatta: Shalla Lakes National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Amboseli National Park |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Awash National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dawa: Wachile |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dida Galgalu desert |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Far Waamo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Gacan Libaax |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Jowhar: Warshiikh |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kidepo |
Sudan |
A3 |
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Kidepo Valley National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Laag Badaana |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Laag Dheere |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Lake Baringo |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Lake Bogoria National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Chew Bahir |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Eyasi |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Magadi |
Kenya |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Natron and Engaruka basin |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Liben plains and Negele woodlands |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mago National Park |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Meru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mwea National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Nechisar National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ruaha National Park |
Tanzania |
A3, A4i |
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Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Serengeti National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shaba National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tarangire National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Tsavo East National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Usangu flats |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Wembere steppe |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Yabello Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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