Indigobirds, Whydahs

Exclamatory Paradise Whydah

Vidua interjecta

The Exclamatory Paradise Whydah (Vidua interjecta) is a 21 g woodland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Indigobirds, Whydahs

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Central African Rep., Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire.

Where to see it: Gonse (Burkina Faso); Djoubissi (general area) (Central African Republic); Kalana (Mali); Rafai, Mbomou, Central African Republic (Central African Republic); Mole NP · Mole Hotel & waterhole (Ghana).

Photo: (c) Lucky Okpanachi Atabo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist