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WoodlandSmall · 21 g
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The breeding male is 31–36 cm (12–14 in) long, and the nonbreeding male and the female are 14–15 cm (5.5–5.9 in) long. Females have been measured to weigh approximately 19.5 g (0.69 oz). The breeding male has long, broad tail feathers with bluntly pointed to rounded tips; it is distinguished from the related long-tailed paradise whydah in the tail feathers being broader and not quite so long, and in the nape being orange-brown toned rather than paler buff. It has a chestnut-orange patch on its nape. The nonbreeding male's underparts are buffy, and its upperparts are grey-brown, with streaks.
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When to see the Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Rwanda.
About the Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
The broad-tailed paradise whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in woodland and acacia savanna habitat in Sub-Saharan Africa from Angola to Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. A brood parasite, it has a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being of least concern.
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Easily confused with
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjectaThe exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalisThe females are 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) long, tawny above with narrow mantle streaking; in females a dark line extends behind the eye.
Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherinaThe steel-blue whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
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