List of brood parasitic passerines

This is the list of the brood parasites in order Passeriformes, the perching birds. Instead of making nests of their own, and feeding their young, brood parasites deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.^[1]

Note that the vampire finch is a parasite, but is not brood parasitic.^[2]

Species

Family Viduidae
- Genus Anomalospiza
  - Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Genus Vidua
  - Village indigobird, Vidua chalybeata
  - Jambandu indigobird, Vidua raricola
  - Barka indigobird, Vidua larvaticola
  - Jos Plateau indigobird, Vidua maryae
  - Quailfinch indigobird, Vidua nigeriae
  - Dusky indigobird or variable indigobird, Vidua funerea
  - Zambezi indigobird or green indigobird, Vidua codringtoni
  - Purple indigobird or dusky indigobird, Vidua purpurascens
  - Wilson's indigobird or pale-winged indigobird, Vidua wilsoni
  - Cameroon indigobird, Vidua camerunensis
  - Steel-blue whydah, Vidua hypocherina
  - Straw-tailed whydah, Vidua fischeri
  - Shaft-tailed whydah, Vidua regia
  - Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura
  - Togo paradise whydah, Vidua togoensis
  - Exclamatory paradise whydah or long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua interjecta
  - Long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea
  - Sahel paradise whydah or northern paradise whydah, Vidua orientalis
  - Broad-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua obtusa
Family Icteridae
- Genus Molothrus
  - Shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
  - Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater
  - Screaming cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
  - Giant cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
  - Bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus

References

^ David Attenborough (1998) [1998]. The Life of Birds. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-691-01633-X.
^ Schluter, Dolph; Grant, Peter R. (1984). "Ecological Correlates of Morphological Evolution in a Darwin's Finch, Geospiza difficilis" (PDF). Evolution. 38 (4): 856–869. doi:10.2307/2408396. hdl:2027.42/137395. JSTOR 2408396.

[1] David Attenborough (1998) [1998]. The Life of Birds. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-691-01633-X.

[2] Schluter, Dolph; Grant, Peter R. (1984). "Ecological Correlates of Morphological Evolution in a Darwin's Finch, Geospiza difficilis" (PDF). Evolution. 38 (4): 856–869. doi:10.2307/2408396. hdl:2027.42/137395. JSTOR 2408396.

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