Vidua codringtoni
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Zambezi indigobird (Vidua codringtoni), also known as the twinspot indigobird or green indigobird, is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It appears on Zambia's new 5 ngwee coin. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Indigobird sighting in South Luangwa National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 242nd most-seen of the 257 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Indigobird in South Luangwa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of South Luangwa National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 310 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Indigobird sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only South Luangwa National Park, in our data
South Luangwa National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Indigobird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Vidua
The closest relatives of the Green Indigobird that you can see in South Luangwa National Park (genus Vidua, Indigobirds and Whydahs) are Village Indigobird (about 20%) and Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Indigobird is recorded against all the birds logged in South Luangwa National Park (6 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.
