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 Lake Mburo National Park
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
📅 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 Lake Mburo National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Lake Mburo National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Lake Mburo National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Lake Mburo National Park in our monthly data.