Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
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Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

Vidua paradisaea

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Lake Nakuru National Park
3 Verified records at Lake Nakuru National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) is a bird in the family Viduidae of the order Passeriformes. It is a small passerine with a short, stubby bill, found across eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia south to South Africa and west to Angola. It is mostly granivorous, and feed on seeds that have ripened and fallen on the ground. The ability to distinguish between males and females is quite difficult unless it is breeding season. During this time, the males moult into breeding plumage where they have a distinctive long tail. This can be up to three times longer than its own body or even more. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park

Pin-tailed Whydah
LC

Pin-tailed Whydah

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vidua macroura

10–20% · With luck
Village Indigobird
LC

Village Indigobird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vidua chalybeata

<5% · Rare
Superb Starling
LC

Superb Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis superbus

70–80% · Very likely
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
LC

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus bengalus

60–70% · Likely
Northern Anteater-Chat
LC

Northern Anteater-Chat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Myrmecocichla aethiops

60–70% · Likely
Greater Blue-eared Starling
LC

Greater Blue-eared Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

60–70% · Likely
Grey-backed Fiscal
LC

Grey-backed Fiscal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanius excubitoroides

50–60% · Likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

50–60% · Likely
Rattling Cisticola
LC

Rattling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola chiniana

50–60% · Likely
Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed Oxpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

50–60% · Likely
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
LC

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

40–50% · Likely
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Long-tailed Paradise Whydah at Lake Nakuru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
20–30%
2 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
3 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
4 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
5 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
6 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
7 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
9 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
10 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
11 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
12 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
13 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
14 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
15 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
16 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
17 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
5–10%
18 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
5–10%
19 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
20 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
21 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
22 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
23 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
24 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
25 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
26 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
27 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
28 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
29 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
30 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
31 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
32 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
33 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
34 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
35 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
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