African Bird Club

Shaft-tailed Whydah - Juvenile

Photographer

» Mark Paxton

Location

» Shamvura Camp GPS S18 02 061 E20 51 591, Kavango Region, Namibia

Country image taken

» Namibia

Date

» March, 2007

Equipment

» Digital Nikon Coolpx L2, 6.0 megapixels

Bird Species

»Vidua regia - Shaft-tailed Whydah

Bird Species (French)

»Veuve royale

Bird Family

»Viduidae - Indigobirds, Whydahs

Bird Group

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

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Believed to be Shaft-tailed rather than Pin-tailed Whydah based on upperparts brown with indistinct streaks, edges of feathers pale; head unstreaked, and underparts rich buff; edges of tail feathers buff; throat is not white; gape swellings mostly white but light blue near the face / jc