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)
The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Arusha National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Arusha National Park
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
📅 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 Arusha National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Whydah sighting in Arusha National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Whydah in Arusha National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Whydah in Arusha National Park in our monthly data.