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 Meru National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus rubiginosus
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
📅 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 Meru National Park?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Meru National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Meru National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Meru National Park in our monthly data.