Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Indigobirds :: Pin-tailed Whydah

Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura

Described by: Pallas (1764)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kenya - 1994 © David Bradley  Kenya - Aug, 2003 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Sep 12, 2004 © Alan Manson  Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, South Africa - Jan 11, 2006 © Charlie Moores  Nairobi, Kenya - Sep 3, 2007 © Larry Sirvio 
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Range

Senegambia and Guinea-Bissau e. across s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, s. Chad, c. and s. Sudan, Ethiopia, s. Somalia s. to South Africa. Sao Tome Is.
Introduced to Puerto Rico.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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