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)
Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa
Cuckoo Finch
Anomalospiza imberbis
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cossypha heuglini
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
📅 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 Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 48% of visitor-days record a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 659 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Whydah in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Whydah in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.