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 Tsavo East National Park
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidua fischeri
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Steel-blue Whydah
Vidua hypocherina
Purple Indigobird
Vidua purpurascens
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Passer gongonensis
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
📅 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 Tsavo East National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 327 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Whydah in Tsavo East National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Whydah in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.