Have patience and persevere… especially if you want to know why or at least how the caged bird sings, for they are commonly bred, bought and sold as caged birds. Usually I see this bird often in the suburbs of Harare, but not this year or last year. I am hoping that this is mainly because, when they are out of their distinctive breeding plumage they are pretty much invisible, rather than because they have moved away altogether.
Out of breeding time, the males are as drab and unspectacular as the females and so hard to spot and identify — unless one is paying more attention than I am normally able to do. As every parent knows, having a nest and chicks and so on really does tie you down.
They usually choose waxbills as their victim-hosts for this shameful piece of trickery. And another thing: these Pin-tailed Whydah males are terrible macho show-offs.
Discover them all with Birds of the World. Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? Sign in. Recommended Citation Payne, R. Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura , version 1.
In Birds of the World J. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. Christie, and E. External sites may use a different taxonomy. Total recording duration Results format: detailed concise codes sonograms. Male bird seen singing from his calling post high in a tree in a suburban garden in the morning in autumn. Fluttering around me in response to playback - incredibly aggressive, as is typical for this parasitic species. Note : Many features of this site will not work without javascript. Map Legend Unclassified No subspecies specified In background of another recording.
Male hovering in front of perched female ab. Zoom H6. Chasing females around.
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