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 Ruaha National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Black Widowfinch
Vidua funerea
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Ashy Starling
Lamprotornis unicolor
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Green-winged Pytilia
Pytilia melba
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 Ruaha National Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Village Indigobird sighting in Ruaha National Park, based on 52 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Ruaha National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Ruaha National Park in our monthly data.