enEnglish   deGerman   frFrench   esSpanish   jaJapanese   cnChinese   99unrestricted

 Avidiversity  AVITOPIA - Whydahs

Scientific system: Clements et al.

Familia: Viduidae

You can get "Checklist of the Whydahs of Planet Earth" as an e-book here.


The family of Whydahs is native to sub-Saharan Africa. The body size including the elongated tail feathers in the males ranges from 10 cm to 43 cm. Whydahs are almost entirely granivorous. In search of food, they scratch the ground with both feet almost simultanously and then hop backwards and pick up the seeds. All species are brood parasites that do not build their own nests, but lay their eggs in the nests of other species; in Africa these are preferably Waxbills. Sometimes an egg of the host is exchanged, the young of both species are typically raised together.

Vidua

     macroura - Pin-tailed Whydah (6)
     orientalis - Sahel Paradise Whydah (2)
     interjecta - Exclamatory Paradise Whydah (1)
     togoensis - Togo Paradise Whydah (1)
     obtusa - Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (2)
     paradisaea - Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (5)
     hypocherina - Steel-blue Whydah (1)
     fischeri - Straw-tailed Whydah (2)
     regia - Shaft-tailed Whydah (5)
     chalybeata - Village Indigobird (6)
     wilsoni - Wilson's Indigobird (1)
     nigeriae - Quailfinch Indigobird (1)
     maryae - Jos Plateau Indigobird (1)
     raricola - Jambandu Indigobird (1)
     larvaticola - Barka Indigobird (1)
     camerunensis - Cameroon Indigobird (1)
     funerea - Dusky Indigobird (1)
     purpurascens - Purple Indigobird (1)
     codringtoni - Zambezi Indigobird (1)

Anomalospiza

     imberbis - Cuckoo Weaver (3)

AVITOPIA has an image archive with 28731 bird images and an innovative projection engine.
It generates bird guides for any location on earth
Visit us at www.avitopia.net


Imprint
Created at 19.03.2024 © AVITOPIA. Powered by AVITOPIA