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 Moremi Game Reserve
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Vidua regia
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
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 Moremi Game Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Moremi Game Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.