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Steel-blue Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah - Adult

Photographer

» Abdi jama

Location

» Hargeisa City, Somaliland

Country image taken

» Somalia

Date

» April, 2009

Equipment

» Canon Rebel 'XT' + Canon 70-210mm EF lens.

Bird Species

»Vidua hypocherina - Steel-blue Whydah

Bird Species (French)

»Veuve métallique

Bird Family

»Viduidae - Indigobirds, Whydahs

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» The pale bill, buffy / rufous fringes, pale lores and seemingly very black remiges and rectrices all point to hypocherina, but these female /non-breeding male viduas can be very difficult / pl - other comments welcome / jc abdi.jama@ymail.com

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