Village indigobird

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Village indigobird
Male of the red-billed subspecies (V. c. amauropteryx) in Mapungubwe N. P.
Female in Mapungubwe N. P.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Viduidae
Genus:	Vidua
Species:	V. chalybeata
Binomial name
Vidua chalybeata (Müller, 1776)

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.^[2] 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.