Family

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Viduidae

13 species in our catalog · found in 55 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Vidua macroura

Vidua chalybeata

Vidua paradisaea

Vidua fischeri

Vidua regia

Vidua hypocherina

Anomalospiza imberbis

Vidua funerea

Vidua purpurascens

Vidua codringtoni

Vidua obtusa

Vidua interjecta

Vidua wilsoni

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

10–20

Mar

20–30

Apr

20–30

May

10–20

Jun

10–20

Jul

10–20

Aug

10–20

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

10–20

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Indigobirds and Whydahs

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4	50–60%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			40–50%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
2	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	50–60%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Steel-blue Whydah			5–10%
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
3	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	50–60%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			20–30%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
4	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	40–50%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			30–40%
	Cuckoo Finch			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
5	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	4	40–50%
	Village Indigobird			40–50%
	Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah			<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Pale-winged Indigobird			Insufficient data
6	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	40–50%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Steel-blue Whydah			5–10%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
7	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	40–50%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Steel-blue Whydah			10–20%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
8	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	40–50%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Cuckoo Finch			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			5–10%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
	Steel-blue Whydah			Insufficient data
9	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5	40–50%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
10	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	30–40%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
11	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	30–40%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
12	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	30–40%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			20–30%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Steel-blue Whydah			Insufficient data
13	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	5	30–40%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			Insufficient data
14	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	3	30–40%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
15	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5	30–40%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
16	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	30–40%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Steel-blue Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
17	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	30–40%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			Insufficient data
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
18	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	30–40%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
19	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	6	30–40%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			5–10%
	Purple Indigobird			5–10%
	Black Widowfinch			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
20	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1	30–40%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			30–40%
21	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	6	30–40%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			<5%
	Green Indigobird			Insufficient data
22	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	8	30–40%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			<5%
	Green Indigobird			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
23	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			5–10%
	Black Widowfinch			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
24	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	7	20–30%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
	Purple Indigobird			<5%
	Black Widowfinch			<5%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			<5%
25	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	4	20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
26	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Village Indigobird			5–10%
27	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	20–30%
	Village Indigobird			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			5–10%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
28	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4	20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			20–30%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
29	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	8	20–30%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Black Widowfinch			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
	Village Indigobird			Insufficient data
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Green Indigobird			Insufficient data
30	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	6	10–20%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
31	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
32	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Cuckoo Finch			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			Insufficient data
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
33	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
	Village Indigobird			Insufficient data
34	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
35	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	3	10–20%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
36	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	10–20%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			Insufficient data
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
37	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
38	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	6	10–20%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			5–10%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
39	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
40	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	8	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Purple Indigobird			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
41	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	7	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Cuckoo Finch			Insufficient data
	Purple Indigobird			Insufficient data
42	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			10–20%
43	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
44	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	10–20%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Straw-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			<5%
	Steel-blue Whydah			<5%
45	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	5–10%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
46	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	5–10%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
47	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	5–10%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Black Widowfinch			Insufficient data
48	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	5–10%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			5–10%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
	Pin-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
49	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	5–10%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah			Insufficient data
50	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2	<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
	Village Indigobird			<5%
51	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
52	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			<5%
53	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1	<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
54	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Shaft-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data
55	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Pin-tailed Whydah			Insufficient data

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Species in this group

Pin-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Cuckoo Finch

Black Widowfinch

Purple Indigobird

Green Indigobird

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Pale-winged Indigobird

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Indigobirds and Whydahs

Parks Ranked