{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Purple indigobird | image = Male Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens).jpg | image_caption = Male photographed at Mabilingwe Resort, Limpopo Province, South Africa | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Vidua purpurascens'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22719962A94653400 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719962A94653400.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Vidua | species = purpurascens | authority = (Reichenow, 1883) | synonyms = }}
The '''purple indigobird''' ('''''Vidua purpurascens''''') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is a brood parasite and parasitizes (lays its eggs in the nest of) Jameson's Firefinch ('''''Lagonosticta rhodopareia'''''). It is also known as the '''dusky indigobird''', a name which can refer to ''Vidua funerea''. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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==External links== * Purple indigobird - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/865.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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