Species profile
Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Quick answer
southwestern Angola; Kenya, northern and northeastern Tanzania, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern and eastern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique, northeastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga)
- Scientific name
- Vidua purpurascens
- Family
- Viduidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Vidua
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Purple Indigobird in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Viduidae
- Barka Indigobird (Vidua larvaticola)
- Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua obtusa)
- Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis)
- Cuckoo Weaver (Anomalospiza imberbis)
- Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea)
- Exclamatory Paradise-whydah (Vidua interjecta)
- Green Indigobird (Vidua codringtoni)
- Jambandu Indigobird (Vidua raricola)