Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua obtusa)

Other Names (World)
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Widow, Chapin's Paradise Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

Family
Viduidae (Whydahs And Indigobirds)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Chapin, 1922)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Kenya.

Central Kenya (old record); southern and eastern DRCongo, north, central and south-eastern Angola, Tanzania (except north-east), Zambia, Malawi, north-western and southern Mozambique, Botswana (Chobe), north-eastern Namibia (Caprivi), northern and south-eastern Zimbabwe and locally in northern South Africa.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa) [XC194813]
by Thibaut Chansac from Manyoni, Singida, Tanzania (call, or some kind of sub-song?)

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa) [XC194823]
by id from Manyoni, Singida, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly considered conspecific with Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea), Sahel Paradise-whydah (Vidua orientalis), Exclamatory Paradise-whydah (Vidua interjecta) and Togo Paradise-whydah (Vidua togoensis), and all sometimes placed in a separate genus Steganura. However, molecular-genetic data indicate that present species and Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea) are sister-species, using different host species and differing in song.

References
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