Rainforest Bird - Straw Tail Whydah

Bird name:

Straw tailed Whydah

Latin name:

Vidua fisheri

status:

Most need not worry

Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Animal Kingdom

Door: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Viduidae

Genus: Vidua

Type: V. fischeri

General information:

The straw tail of Whydah is a native species of Africa. They are parasites. Men imitate their master, the song of the purple grenadier [Uraeginthus ianthinogaster] .

Physical description:

Males have an average length of 28 cm, while females have an average length of 10 cm. The males that breed feathers are clear, with creamy crowns, breasts and abdomen. The rest of the top is black and they have a bright red note. They present a straw-colored slender center tail feather that is longer than their length. Female and non-breeding males are pale yellow with black stripes. They have short black tails. The teenager is similar, but the color is darker.

diet:

The diet includes grass and other small seeds, as well as some insects. They tend to forage on the ground.

Habitat:

Straw-tailed Whydah is located in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It is found in savannas and dry shrubs and shrubs and is widespread but not common. Usually it is found in the group.

reproduction:

These species use a strategy of brooding parasitism. They are specific, and this only happens on purple grenadiers. The female straw tail of Whydah will lay eggs in the purple grenadier's lair. She usually only puts an egg in the nest of each host. She won't hurt the host's eggs like some species. By doing so, Whydah, who has a straw tail, escapes the parental investment of raising offspring.

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