Straw-tailed Whydah

When to see the Straw-tailed Whydah

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Straw-tailed Whydah

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Straw-tailed Whydah

The straw-tailed 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. Like all other whydah species, the straw-tailed whydah is a brood parasite.

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Easily confused with

Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherinaThe steel-blue 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. Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjectaThe exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.