Listen to the Village indigobird
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About the Village indigobird
The Village indigobird is a bird in the family Viduidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Village indigobird sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Village indigobird sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Village indigobird on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Village indigobird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Village indigobird as “least concern”.
What family does the Village indigobird belong to?
The Village indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) belongs to the family Viduidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q941573 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Village indigobird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa – CC BY 2.0