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 Masai Mara National Reserve
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
📅 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 Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 34 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Masai Mara National Reserve?
May has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.