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Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

Class
Bird
Rarity
Common
Observations
5,981
Most observed in
🇿🇦 South Africa
Conservation
Least Concern

Description

The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pin-tailed whydah”.

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