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Where does the Pin-tailed Whydah live?

Vidua macroura has 274,992 records in 66 countries and territories, from 1861 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Pin-tailed Whydah
Pin-tailed Whydah — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesViduidaeVidua

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 168,895
United States 35,442
Kenya 15,805
Uganda 10,364
Tanzania 5,830
Puerto Rico 5,494
Zimbabwe 4,688
Nigeria 3,868
Ghana 2,699
Eswatini 2,474
Rwanda 2,111
Mozambique 1,866
Zambia 1,731
Namibia 1,675
Ethiopia 1,548
Portugal 1,125
Gambia 1,074
Botswana 1,006
Malawi 938
DR Congo 883
Benin 516
Congo 450
Réunion 409
Cameroon 407
Angola 395
Lesotho 341
Gabon 324
São Tomé & Príncipe 313
Côte d'Ivoire 309
Senegal 294
Singapore 278
Taiwan 182
Equatorial Guinea 178
Guinea-Bissau 149
Guinea 112
Liberia 100
Togo 99
Burkina Faso 85
Somalia 83
Sudan 68

Showing the top 40 of 66 places.

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