Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyViduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- GenusVidua (Indigobirds and Whydahs)
- SpeciesVidua paradisaea (Long-tailed Paradise Whydah)
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
📅 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 Long-tailed Paradise Whydah in Kidepo Valley National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Long-tailed Paradise Whydah sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Long-tailed Paradise Whydah in Kidepo Valley National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Long-tailed Paradise Whydah in Kidepo Valley National Park in our monthly data.