Shaft-tailed Whydah

Closest Relatives at Hwange National Park

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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

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	10–20%
2	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	10–20%
3	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5–10%
4	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5–10%
5	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5–10%
6	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
7	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
9	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
10	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
11	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Shaft-tailed Whydah in Hwange National Park?

About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Shaft-tailed Whydah sighting in Hwange National Park, based on 54 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Shaft-tailed Whydah in Hwange National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Shaft-tailed Whydah in Hwange National Park in our monthly data.