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About the Steel-blue Whydah
The steel-blue whydah 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.
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Where it lives
Regular rangeRare visitor
Recorded as a rare visitor in Somalia.
When to see it
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Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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.
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjectaThe exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
Broad-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua obtusaThe 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.
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