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 Kruger National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Village Indigobird in Kruger National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 501 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Kruger National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.