Indigobirds, Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

The Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) is a 16 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Indigobirds, Whydahs

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

36

Recorded in South Africa, United States, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Puerto Rico, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, eSwatini, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Ethiopia, Portugal, Gambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Malawi, Benin, Cameroon, Angola, Republic of the Congo, RE, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Côte d'Ivoire, Lesotho, Senegal, Singapore, Taiwan, Eq. Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Guinea.

Where to see it: Auberge & marshes in Grand Popo (Benin); PN de la Lopé · La Lopé Lodge (Gabon); CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Brazzaville Radisson Blu/Mami Wata (Republic of the Congo); Aurélie's House at Muramvya (Burundi).

Photo: (c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by James M. Maley via iNaturalist