Viduidae

Deux Balés National Park

Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) - Non-breeding

Male Jos Plateau indigo bird (Vidus maryae) in breeding plumage. It is an endemic species and also a brood parasite of the also endemic Rockfire Finch

Lateral. Catalog no.: NHMO-39723. Specimen ID: 4051004. Field no.: NIG12_0746. Taxon rep.: Vidua maryae. Image quality: 2. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

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Lang Elsie's Kraal Campsite, Bontebok NP, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA

Straw-tailed Whydah

Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.For more information on this species see www.birdforum.net/opus/Variable_Indigobird

Location: Mabilingwe Resort, Limpopo Province, South Africa.For more information on this species see www.birdforum.net/opus/Purple_Indigobird

Location: Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.For more info on this species see www.birdforum.net/opus/Parasitic_Weaver

Combassou (Hypochera chalybeata) in captivity at Niagara Falls Bird Park, Ontario, Canada. Photographed on 24 June 2010.The species is native to Africa.

H2-2 Road East of Afsaal, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

Cubitje Quap Waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, SOUTH AFRICA

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Straw-tailed whydah photographed in southern Ethiopia Date 12 November 2007 Source Own work Author KrisMaes

Vidua fischeri (Reichenow, 1882)

DescriptionAPI Vidua hypocherina English: A male Steel-blue Whydah in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Date 14 May 2009, 11:35 Source IMG_6299 Uploaded by Snowmanradio Author Demetrius John Kessy from Arusha, Tanzania

Presua hypocherina J. & E. Verreaux, 1856

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Shaft-tailed Whydahs Vidua regia at Molose Waterhole - Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana Date 27 February 2010 Source Own work Author OWasserthal

DescriptionAPI Vidua macroura English: A male Pin-tailed Whydah at Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa. Date 12 December 2011, 10:36 Source Pin-tailed Whydah Uploaded by snowmanradio Author New Jersey Birds Camera location 24° 47′ 46.27″ S, 31° 29′ 53.76″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth -24.796187; 31.498266

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: ethiopian bird Date Source Own work Author Hgetnet

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Long-tailed Paradise Whydah or Eastern Paradise Whydah, Vidua paradisaea - San Diego Zoo. Date Source Own work Author DickDaniels

The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird.