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Vidua hypocherina (Steel-blue Whydah)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
View Wikipedia Record: Vidua hypocherina

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Clutch Size [1]  4

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Serengeti volcanic grasslands Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Amboseli National Park National Reserve II 99624 Kenya
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Lake Manyara National Park II 78767 Tanzania  
Lake Nakuru National Park II 46472 Kenya  
Marakele National Park II 163507 Limpopo, South Africa
Mountain Zebra National Park II 60944 Eastern Cape, South Africa
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve 5696026 Tanzania  
Tsavo National Park II 3232255 Kenya

Important Bird Areas

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Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Abijatta: Shalla Lakes National Park Ethiopia A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Amboseli National Park Kenya A3
Awash National Park Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Dawa: Wachile Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Dida Galgalu desert Kenya A1, A2, A3
Far Waamo Somalia A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Gacan Libaax Somalia A1, A2, A3
Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets Somalia A1, A2, A3, A4i
Jowhar: Warshiikh Somalia A1, A2, A3
Kidepo Sudan A3
Kidepo Valley National Park Uganda A1, A2, A3
Laag Badaana Somalia A1, A3
Laag Dheere Somalia A3
Lake Baringo Kenya A3
Lake Bogoria National Reserve Kenya A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Chew Bahir Ethiopia A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Eyasi Tanzania A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Magadi Kenya A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Natron and Engaruka basin Tanzania A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Liben plains and Negele woodlands Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Longido Game Controlled Area Tanzania A1, A3, A4i
Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Mago National Park Ethiopia A3
Meru National Park Kenya A1, A2, A3
Mwea National Reserve Kenya A1, A2
Nechisar National Park Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Ruaha National Park Tanzania A3, A4i
Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves Kenya A3
Serengeti National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Shaba National Reserve Kenya A1, A2, A3
Tarangire National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i
Tsavo East National Park Kenya A1, A3
Usangu flats Tanzania A1, A3, A4i
Wembere steppe Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Yabello Sanctuary Ethiopia A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania No
Horn of Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen No

Range Map

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 17-Oct-2001, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access