Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernSeedsWoodlandTiny · 13 g

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 1 — Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 2 — Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 5 — Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 6 — Photo: (c) nmoorhatch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Timothy Whitehead, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Alan Manson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 9 — Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Purple Indigobird

The purple indigobird is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is a brood parasite and parasitizes Jameson's Firefinch. It is also known as the dusky indigobird, a name which can refer to Vidua funerea. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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Where the Purple Indigobird lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

South Africa Zimbabwe Zambia Botswana Malawi Mozambique Namibia Kenya Eswatini Tanzania Angola

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Kinshasa.

When to see the Purple Indigobird

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Peak activity in January · a summer visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeriThe straw-tailed whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.

Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherinaThe steel-blue whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.

Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalisThe females are 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) long, tawny above with narrow mantle streaking; in females a dark line extends behind the eye.

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