10 Amazing Bird Facts (The Jos Plateau Indigobird)

1. This bird is found in Nigeria and nowhere else in the world.
2. They cannot incubate their eggs, they depend on other birds for this.
3. The indigobird lays its eggs in the nest of another bird, Rock firefinch which helps incubate the eggs of the indigobird.
4. In order to avoid suspecion of their host birds, they take out the exact number of eggs they laid after the incubation is done.
5. The indigobird male mimics the song of the host that is known to rear its young.
6. They dominate the chicks of their host.
7. Their population is not known, but they are estimated to be less than 10,000.
8. These birds are found in Panshanu Pass, Taboru Hill near Jos and at Kagora in northern Nigeria.
9. They are small birds, about 12cm in size.
10. They were discovered in 1968.

Note: They are black finches, with pale bill and not indigo in colour. For more bird facts, click here