Straw-tailed whydah
Species of bird
| Straw-tailed whydah | |
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| Adult male | |
Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. fischeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidua fischeri (Reichenow, 1882) | |
The straw-tailed whydah (Vidua fischeri) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Like all other whydah species, the straw-tailed whydah is a brood parasite.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vidua fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719977A94654129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719977A94654129.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Indigobirds and whydahs (family: Viduidae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Village indigobird (V. chalybeata)
- Purple indigobird (V. purpurascens)
- Jambandu indigobird (V. raricola)
- Barka indigobird (V. larvaticola)
- Dusky indigobird (V. funerea)
- Zambezi indigobird (V. codringtoni)
- Wilson's indigobird (V. wilsoni)
- Quailfinch indigobird (V. nigeriae)
- Jos Plateau indigobird (V. maryae)
- Cameroon indigobird (V. camerunensis)
- Pin-tailed whydah (V. macroura)
- Steel-blue whydah (V. hypocherina)
- Straw-tailed whydah (V. fischeri)
- Shaft-tailed whydah (V. regia)
- Long-tailed paradise whydah (V. paradisaea)
- Sahel paradise whydah (V. orientalis)
- Exclamatory paradise whydah (V. interjecta)
- Togo paradise whydah (V. togoensis)
- Broad-tailed paradise whydah (V. obtusa)
- Cuckoo-finch (A. imberbis)
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