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 Mkomazi National Park
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Black Widowfinch
Vidua funerea
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris usambaricus
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
Elminia albonotata
📅 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 Mkomazi National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Mkomazi National Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Mkomazi National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Mkomazi National Park in our monthly data.