Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua chalybeata (Village Indigobird)
The village indigobird (Vidua chalybeata), also known as the steelblue widowfinch or (in U.S. aviculture) the Combassou finch, is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae. It is distinguishable from other indigobird species by bill and leg colours, the colour tinge of the male's breeding plumage, song, and to lesser extent, the nestling's plumage and mouth pattern. The bill colour can be red or white depending on the population, and there is some regional variation in the colour tone of the male's plumage. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Village Indigobird sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 110 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Black Widowfinch
Vidua funerea
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgops ruficauda
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
📅 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Village Indigobird sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 110 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Village Indigobird in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
March has the highest sighting rate for Village Indigobird in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.