Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
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The upper village indigobird images, coastal race amauropteryx, were taken at Emayani in June 2008 (left) and Mbamba Bay on Lake Nyasa in May 2009. All of the other images are of the race centralis, seen in Tarangire 9-06 (second row, right); in Olasiti in 4-06 (second row, left); juvenile, Kibungo, Rwanda, 6-10 (3rd row left), courtesy of Jason Anderson; Lake manyara, 3-10 (3rd row, right); and Lake Eyasi 2-08 (4th row), courtesy of Karine Van der Vurst. The 5th row image of a juvenile being fed by a red-billed firefinch (which it parasitizes) was taken at Lake Eyasi in August 2010, courtesy of Chris Schmeling. The bottom image of a female was taken at West Kilimajjaro 3-11, courtesy of Colin Beale.
 


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All unattributed images on this website are:
copyright © 2001-11 Ron Eggert or David Peterson
All other images are the property of the indicated photographers:
Chris Schmeling, Karine Van der Vurst, Jason Anderson, Colin Beale

Last Update this page: 08-25-11