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Vidua macroura · Family Viduidae

Vidua macroura

Family Viduidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Viduidae
GBIF occurrence records
277,177
Countries and territories with records
68
Pin-tailed Whydah
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About this species

This species has 277,177 occurrence records from 68 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (61%), the United States (12.8%), Kenya (5.8%), Uganda (3.8%) and Tanzania (2.1%); together they account for 85.6% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Vidua macroura combines the genus name Vidua with the species epithet macroura. The Warbla app catalog lists 17 species of the genus Vidua; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Vidua chalybeata, Vidua paradisaea and Vidua regia.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 18 species of the family Viduidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 11.3 times the family average (24,442). The family Viduidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Passeriformes

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