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He was very active, difficult to capture on video. It took me more than an hour to finally got him "in the act". This is a male pin-tail whydah (vidua macroura) during breeding season, sporting an impressive long tail to attract females. The rest of the year, he looks just like a female (short tail). Whydahs are parasitic breeders, laying eggs in other finches' nests to be cared for by the foster parents. Video taken at Bellagio Conservatory Summer 2013.

DescriptionAdults have a long, square-tipped brown tail and are a brown or dull-brown color across the back with some shading into deep gray on the wing feathers. Breast and belly feathers may be streaked; the flanks usually are. In most cases, adult males' heads, necks and shoulders are reddish. This color sometimes extends to the stomach and down the back, between the wings. Male coloration varies in intensity with the seasons and is derived from the berries and fruits in its diet. As a...

Other common names

Shafttail, Black-heart Finch, Black-heart

P. a. acuticauda (yellow-billed variety): Long-tailed Grassfinch, Long-tailed Finch

P. a. hecki (red-billed subspecies): Heck's Grassfinch, Heck's Grass-finch, Heck's Shaft-tail Finch

Origin

Australia

Area of distribution

Northern Australia from the Kimberley region in Western Australia, across the Northern Territory to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and east to the Leichardt River in western North Queensland. The nominate...