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Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata (Müller, PLS 1776)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata isaac kilusu 2020-11-10 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, male, song -

a bird perched on power lines

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

601537
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Peter Boesman 2013-02-11 Cheetah Inn area, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa) song - [sono] 280832
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata isaac kilusu 2020-11-09 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, male, song -

a male incorporating elements of red-billed firefinch to its song

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

601539
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata centralis Jeff DaCosta 15-05-2009 S07.77582 E35.70369, Iringa, Iringa Region, Iringa (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (1634 m) song & mimicry (A) - V. chalybeata song with mimicry of Lagonosticta senegala (Red-billed Firefinch) 41906
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Martin Tlustos 2025-05-31 , Dodoma (Tanzania)   -   638894211
macaulaylibrary.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Derek Solomon 02-02-06 South Luangwa National Park Home , Eastern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m) Song (A) -   41313
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata ultramarina Andrew Spencer 2014-12-20 Jemma Valley, Amhara (Ethiopia) (1500 m) song -

songs from a male bird perched on top of a small bush in open scrub above a rocky stream.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

278230
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Martin Kennewell 2010-11-05 , Oromia (Ethiopia)   -   204005381
macaulaylibrary.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata isaac kilusu 2021-02-25 Tarakea, Rombo, Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) (1600 m) adult, male, mimicry/imitation -

a bird incorporating elements of mimicry to its song

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

624671
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Andrew Spencer 2014-12-20 Jemma Valley -- tributary past river, Amara, Ethiopia, Amhara (Ethiopia)   - calls and song from a male bird perched on top of a small bush in open scrub above a rocky stream. 31283691
macaulaylibrary.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata ultramarina Andrew Spencer 2015-01-01 Sof Omar, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1200 m) song -

simple songs from a male bird perched at eye-level in dense growth along the slopes of a small canyon.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

267754
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata isaac kilusu 2020-12-17 Oldonyosambu, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (1800 m) adult, male, mimicry/imitation, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

609487
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Peter Boesman 2015-12-20 Gibe gorge area, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) song - [sono] 300889
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata chalybeata Bram Piot 2015-06-20 Mbao, Saint-Louis, Louga (Senegal) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

253659
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata chalybeata Étienne Leroy 2018-12-10 Île du Lamantin, Parc du W, Tillabéry (Niger) (180 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

447206
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata ultramarina Andrew Spencer 2014-12-20 Jemma Valley, Amhara (Ethiopia) (1500 m) call -

calls from a male bird perched on top of a small bush in open scrub above a rocky stream.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

278229
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Julien Birard 2025-02-04 Bahr Rosa, Barh Azoum, Salamat, Barh Azoum (Chad) (420 m) song - [sono] 982686
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Tony Archer 2022-02-13 JB Marks Local Municipality (near Buffelsvallei), Southern DC, North West, Ventersdorp (South Africa) (1400 m) adult, call, male -

Calling from top of tree.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

702163
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Peter Boesman 2015-12-11 Sof Omar, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1200 m) song -

ID certainty 80%. Female-plumaged bird.

299906
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Mathias D'haen 2021-09-08 Chinko Nature Reserve, Rafai, Mbomou, Rafaï (Central African Republic) (700 m) male -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

674434
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata centralis Lars Lachmann 2022-04-10 National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1700 m) call, song -

calls and song from a flock of males and females

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

749029
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata Faansie Peacock 2015-12-30 Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, Northwest Province (South Africa) (1000 m) song -

Includes mimicry of host Red-billed Firefinch. Flapping sound is male making short, hovering flights in front of female in between singing bouts.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

307241
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata ultramarina Andrew Spencer 2015-01-01 Sof Omar, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1200 m) song -

simple songs from the same bird as in XC267754.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

267755
xeno-canto.org
Village Indigobird - Vidua chalybeata isaac kilusu 2021-01-07 Rombo (near Laset), Loitokitok, Kajiado County, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, male, mimicry/imitation, song -

bird on top of a small tree in open field

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

614363
xeno-canto.org
Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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