Vidua hypocherina
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The steel-blue whydah (Vidua hypocherina) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Steel-blue Whydah sighting in Ruaha National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th most-seen of the 276 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Steel-blue Whydah in Ruaha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Steel-blue Whydah sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Steel-blue Whydah sightings, Ruaha National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 20%), Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 10%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same genus: Vidua
The closest relatives of the Steel-blue Whydah that you can see in Ruaha National Park (genus Vidua, Indigobirds and Whydahs) are Village Indigobird (about 20%), Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (about 20%) and Pin-tailed Whydah (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Steel-blue Whydah is recorded against all the birds logged in Ruaha National Park (14 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
