Shaft-tailed Whydah
Vidua regia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua regia (Shaft-tailed Whydah)
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Shaft-tailed Whydah in Chobe National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Shaft-tailed Whydah sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 56 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Shaft-tailed Whydah in Chobe National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Shaft-tailed Whydah in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.