After Sibley & Monroe, 1990, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Viduinae `--o Vidua (lesket) |--o V. chalybeata (kyläleski) | |-- V. c. chalybeata (Green Indigobird) | |-- V. c. ultramarina (Purple Indigobird) | `-- V. c. amauropteryx (South African Indigobird) |-- V. raricola (Jambandu Indigobird) |-- V. larvaticola (Baka Indigobird) |-- V. purpurascens (purppuraleski) |-- V. funerea (mustaleski) |-- V. codringtoni (Twinspot Indigobird) |--o V. wilsoni (peltoleski) | |-- V. w. wilsoni (Pale-winged Indigobird) | `-- V. w. incognita (Zaire Indigobird) |-- V. hypocherina (kiiltoleski) |-- V. fischeri (olkipyrstöleski) |-- V. regia (viiripyrstöleski) |-- V. macroura (dominikaanileski) |-- V. paradisaea (paratiisileski) |-- V. obtusa (Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah) |-- V. orientalis (leveäpyrstöleski) |-- V. togoensis (Togo Paradise Whydah) `-- V. interjecta (Long-tailed Paradise Whydah)
Reference(s):
- Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.