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Vidua Macroura -Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa -male-8
''Vidua'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Viduidae. The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the pin-tailed whydah 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. Taxonomy The pin-tailed whydah was first describe .... The name ''Vidua'' is a Latin word meaning "widow". The genus contains 19 species: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3467715 Bird genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pin-tailed Whydah
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. Taxonomy The pin-tailed whydah was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name ''Fringilla macroura''. Description The pin-tailed whydah is 12–13 cm in length, although the breeding male's tail adds another 20 cm to this. The adult male has a black back and crown, and a very long black tail. The wings are dark brown with white patches, and the underparts and the head, apart from the crown, are white. The bill is bright red. The female and non-breeding male have streaked brown upperparts, whitish underparts with buff flanks, and a buff and black face pattern. They lack the long tail extension, but retain the red bill. Immature birds are like the female but plainer and with a greyish bill. Distribution and habitat The pin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quailfinch Indigobird
The quailfinch indigobird (''Vidua nigeriae'') is a small songbird. It is a resident breeding bird in The Gambia, Nigeria and Cameroon. It occurs in isolated localities, especially on river flood plains. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the variable indigobird, ''Vidua funerea''. It is a brood parasite which lays its eggs in the nest of the African quailfinch, ''Ortygospiza atricollis'', a slightly unusual host since it is only a distant relative to the firefinches parasitised by most indigobird __NOTOC__ The indigobirds and whydahs, together with the cuckoo-finch, make up the family Viduidae; they are small passerine birds native to Africa. These are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. ...s. It does not destroy the host's egg, but its own eggs are added to those already present. The adult male quailfinch indigobird has greenish-black plumage, and the female resembles a female house sparrow, with streake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahel Paradise Whydah
The Sahel paradise whydah, yellow-naped whydah or northern paradise whydah (''Vidua orientalis'') is a small songbird. Taxonomy ''Vidua orientalis'' has often been considered a subspecies of eastern paradise whydah, ''Vidua paradisea'', since both birds parasitise the green-winged pytilia, ''Pytilia melba'', a common species of estrildid finch. However, the finch has two subspecies, nominate ''melba'' and ''citerior'', which are sometimes treated as separate species. The ranges of these two taxa correspond well to those of ''V.paradisea'' and ''V. orientalis''. Subspecies * ''Vidua orientalis orientalis'' (from Chad to Sudan and Eritrea.) * ''Vidua orientalis kadugliensis'' * ''Vidua orientalis aucupum'' (from Senegal to northwestern Nigeria) Distribution and habitat ''Vidua orientalis'' is a resident breeding bird in west Africa. It lives in open acacia savannah with scattered trees. Description The males in breeding plumage have black back and wings, with a rufous breas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
The long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah (''Vidua paradisaea'') is from the family Viduidae of the order Passeriformes. They are small passerines with short, stubby bills found across Sub-Saharan Africa. They are mostly granivorous and feed on seeds that have ripen and fall on the ground. The ability to distinguish between males and females is quite difficult unless it is breeding season. During this time, the males molt into breeding plumage where they have one distinctive feature which is their long tail. It can grow up to three times longer than its own body or even more. Usually, the whydahs look like ordinary sparrows with short tails during the non-breeding season. In addition, hybridization can occur with these paradise whydahs. Males are able to mimic songs where females can use that to discover their mate. However, there are some cases where females don't use songs to choose their mate but they use either male characteristics like plumages or they can have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua Paradisaea) (17329851342)
The long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah (''Vidua paradisaea'') is from the family Viduidae of the order Passeriformes. They are small passerines with short, stubby bills found across Sub-Saharan Africa. They are mostly granivorous and feed on seeds that have ripen and fall on the ground. The ability to distinguish between males and females is quite difficult unless it is breeding season. During this time, the males molt into breeding plumage where they have one distinctive feature which is their long tail. It can grow up to three times longer than its own body or even more. Usually, the whydahs look like ordinary sparrows with short tails during the non-breeding season. In addition, hybridization can occur with these paradise whydahs. Males are able to mimic songs where females can use that to discover their mate. However, there are some cases where females don't use songs to choose their mate but they use either male characteristics like plumages or they can have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft-tailed Whydah
The shaft-tailed whydah or queen whydah (''Vidua regia'') is a small, sparrow-like bird in the genus ''Vidua''. During the breeding season the male has black crown and upper body plumage, golden breast and four elongated black tail shaft feathers with expanded tips. After the breeding season is over, the male sheds its long tail and grows olive brown female-like plumage. The shaft-tailed whydah is distributed in open habitats and grasslands of Southern Africa, from south Angola to south Mozambique. It is a brood parasite to the violet-eared waxbill. The diet consists mainly of seeds. Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the shaft-tailed whydah is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the shaft-tailed whydah in his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected from the African coast. He used the French name ''La veuve de la côt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Whydah may refer in English to: * Whydah, one of a number of species of birds in the family Viduidae, also called indigobirds * ''Whydah Gally'', a ship captained by pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy that was wrecked in 1717 and was discovered in 1984 * Whydah (ship) * Ouidah, city and colonial fort in present Benin * Kingdom of Whydah The Kingdom of Whydah ( known locally as; ''Glexwe'' / ''Glehoue'', but also known and spelt in old literature as; ''Hueda'', ''Whidah,'' ''Ajuda'', ''Ouidah'', ''Whidaw,'' ''Juida'', and ''Juda'' ( yo, Igelefe; french: Ouidah) was a kingdom on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straw-tailed Whydah
The straw-tailed whydah (''Vidua fischeri'') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Like all other whydah species, the straw-tailed whydah is a brood parasite Brood parasites are animals that rely on others to raise their young. The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish. The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same or of another species, to raise its young as if it were its own .... References straw-tailed whydah Birds of East Africa straw-tailed whydah Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Passeroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidua Fischeri
The straw-tailed whydah (''Vidua fischeri'') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Like all other whydah species, the straw-tailed whydah is a brood parasite. References straw-tailed whydah Birds of East Africa straw-tailed whydah The straw-tailed whydah (''Vidua fischeri'') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Like all other whydah species, the straw-tai ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Passeroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel-blue Whydah
The steel-blue whydah (''Vidua hypocherina'') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to .... References steel-blue whydah Birds of East Africa steel-blue whydah Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Passeroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidua Hypocherina -Ngorongoro, Tanzania -male-8
''Vidua'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Viduidae. The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the pin-tailed whydah 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. Taxonomy The pin-tailed whydah was first describe .... The name ''Vidua'' is a Latin word meaning "widow". The genus contains 19 species: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3467715 Bird genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pin-tailed Whydah
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. Taxonomy The pin-tailed whydah was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name ''Fringilla macroura''. Description The pin-tailed whydah is 12–13 cm in length, although the breeding male's tail adds another 20 cm to this. The adult male has a black back and crown, and a very long black tail. The wings are dark brown with white patches, and the underparts and the head, apart from the crown, are white. The bill is bright red. The female and non-breeding male have streaked brown upperparts, whitish underparts with buff flanks, and a buff and black face pattern. They lack the long tail extension, but retain the red bill. Immature birds are like the female but plainer and with a greyish bill. Distribution and habitat The pin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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