Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua purpurascens (Purple Indigobird)
Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Black Widowfinch
Vidua funerea
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Vidua regia
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 8 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 9 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Purple Indigobird in Kruger National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Purple Indigobird sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 185 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Purple Indigobird in Kruger National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Purple Indigobird in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.