Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

The Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua obtusa) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Vidua obtusa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. Stub icon This Passeroidea-related article is a stub. More

Broad-tailed paradise-whydah male, London Zoo, UK. Distribution and habitat Occurs from Uganda through Tanzania, southern DRC, Angola and Zambia to southern Africa. Here it is locally common in central and northern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, north-eastern Botswana and the Caprivi Strip (Namibia), generally preferring miombo (Brachystegia) and other broad-leaved woodland types, especially with grassy vegetation along drainage lines with nearby fallow cultivated fields. More

The Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah is a Southern African bird that belongs to the Viduidae bird family group which includes birds such as Whydahs, Indigobirds, Cuckoo Finch. The description for the Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Latin name Vidua obtusa) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Vidua obtusa can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 863 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 1071. More

Broad-tailed Paradise-whydahs has been observed in regions where the two co-occur, as they do in many localities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. In 1758, in his description of "Emberiza paradisaea", Linnaeus noted the long acuminate tail with the innermost rectrices not so long as the next pair, and this clearly represents the Long-tailed Paradise-whydah of eastern and southern Africa. In addition to his description, Linnaeus listed the seventeenth-century woodcut by U. Aldrovandi, the "Passer indicus" of F. More

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/500 sec exposure F7.1 ISO 200 March 2010 Makuti, Zimbabwe Adult Male Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/500 sec exposure F7.1 ISO 200 March 2010 Makuti, Zimbabwe Adult Male Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/320 sec exposure F7. More