Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua macroura (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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Aberdare National Park, based on 43 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Aberdare National Park
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Hunter's Cisticola
Cisticola hunteri
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Abyssinian Thrush
Turdus abyssinicus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris mediocris
Golden-winged Sunbird
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pin-tailed Whydah in Aberdare National Park?
About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Aberdare National Park, based on 43 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Whydah in Aberdare National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Whydah in Aberdare National Park in our monthly data.