Fodies
Foudia
Fodies are small passerine birds belonging to the genus Foudia in the weaver family Ploceidae. They are native to the islands of the western Indian Ocean where they occur on Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Comoro Islands and the Mascarene Islands. The red fody has also been introduced to the Chagos Archipelago, Bahrain and Saint Helena. While the red fody is one of the most common birds of the region, several of the other fodies are considered...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Red Fody
speciesFoudia madagascariensis
Mauritius Fody
speciesFoudia rubra
Seychelles Fody
speciesFoudia sechellarum
Forest Fody
speciesFoudia omissa
Rodrigues Fody
speciesFoudia flavicans
Aldabra Fody
speciesFoudia aldabrana
Red-headed Fody
speciesFoudia eminentissima
Réunion Fody
speciesFoudia delloni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13874.