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List of brood parasitic passerines

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Interspecific brood parasitism evolved twice independently in the order Passeriformes, in the cowbirds (genus Molothrus) and in the family Viduidae.[1] Instead of making nests of their own, and feeding their young, brood parasites deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.[2]

The vampire ground finch is a parasite, but is not brood parasitic.[3]

Species

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Family Viduidae
Common name Scientific name Range Host species[a]
Cuckoo-finch
 Anomalospiza imberbis
(Cabanis, 1868)		Cisticolidae,[4] most commonly Prinia subflava[5]
Village indigobird
 Vidua chalybeata
(Müller, 1776)		Lagonosticta senegala, Lagonosticta nitidula[6]
Jambandu indigobird Vidua raricola
Payne, 1982		Amandava subflava (primary host), possibly Lagonosticta rara[6]
Barka indigobird Vidua larvaticola
Payne, 1982		Lagonosticta larvata (primary host), Lagonosticta virata[6]
Jos Plateau indigobird Vidua maryae
Payne, 1982		Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis[b][6]
Quailfinch indigobird Vidua nigeriae
(Alexander, 1908)		Ortygospiza atricollis[6]
Dusky indigobird
 Vidua funerea
(de Tarragon, L, 1847)		Lagonosticta rubricata[6]
Zambezi indigobird Vidua codringtoni
(Neave, 1907)		Hypargos niveoguttatus (primary host), Hypargos margaritatus[6]
Purple indigobird
 Vidua purpurascens
(Reichenow, 1883)		Lagonosticta rhodopareia (primary host), possibly Lagonosticta rubricata[6]
Wilson's indigobird Vidua wilsoni
(Hartert, 1901)		Lagonosticta rufopicta (for V. w. wilsoni), Lagonosticta nitidula (for V. w. incognita)[6]
Cameroon indigobird Vidua camerunensis
(Grote, 1922)		Lagonosticta rara (primary host), Lagonosticta rubricata, Clytospiza monteiri and Euschistospiza dybowskii[6]
Steel-blue whydah
 Vidua hypocherina
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1856		Estrilda erythronotos, Estrilda charmosyna[6]
Straw-tailed whydah
 Vidua fischeri
(Reichenow, 1882)		Unknown, presumed to be Granatina ianthinogaster[6]
Shaft-tailed whydah
 Vidua regia
(Linnaeus, 1766)		Granatina granatina (primary host), Sporopipes squamifrons, Prinia flavicans[6]
Pin-tailed whydah
 Vidua macroura
(Pallas, 1764)		Around 17 species in Estrildidae, Cisticolidae, Fringillidae and Emberizidae[6]
Togo paradise whydah Vidua togoensis
(Grote, 1923)		Presumed to be Pytilia hypogrammica[6]
Exclamatory paradise whydah
 Vidua interjecta
(Grote, 1922)		Pytilia phoenicoptera (primary host), Pytilia lineata, possibly Pytilia hypogrammica[6]
Long-tailed paradise whydah
 Vidua paradisaea
Pytilia melba[6]
Sahel paradise whydah
 Vidua orientalis
Pytilia melba citerior (for V. o. aucupum)[6]
Broad-tailed paradise whydah
 Vidua obtusa
Pytilia afra[6]
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Family Icteridae
Common name Scientific name Range Host species[c]
Shiny cowbird
 Molothrus bonariensis
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)		At least 102 species[7]
Brown-headed cowbird
 Molothrus ater
(Boddaert, 1783)		At least 174 species[7]
Screaming cowbird
 Molothrus rufoaxillaris
Cassin, 1866		Most commonly Agelaioides badius, occasionally four other species[d][8]
Giant cowbird
 Molothrus oryzivorus
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)		Corvidae and Icteridae, at least 12 species[7]
Bronzed cowbird
 Molothrus aeneus
(Wagler, 1829)		At least 48 species[7]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Some primary host species of Vidua are only known from song mimicry
  2. [b]
    Suspected from song mimicry
  3. [c]
    Only includes species known to rear the parasite's young
  4. [d]
    Gnorimopsar chopi, Pseudoleistes virescens, Cacicus solitarius, and Machetornis rixosa

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