Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua chalybeata (Village Indigobird)
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris reichenowi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Lühder's Bushshrike
Laniarius luehderi
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Eurillas latirostris
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Collared Sunbird
Hedydipna collaris
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Village Indigobird in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 28 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in our monthly data.