Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)

Tsavo West NP, Kenya. Mar 4, 2023

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Patomarazul

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Wooooow! Posted 2 months ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  Hehe glad you like it! Posted 2 months ago

Calbost Niel

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What a beauty. Draws a crowd Posted 2 months ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  One of my favorite birds of the trip Posted 2 months ago

NattyOne

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He seems to have caught the eye of the females. Posted 2 months ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  The birds below are actually of two other species (Red-billed queleas and some unidentified weavers)! Posted 2 months ago

NattyOne

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Thanks Thibault, had clocked the queleas - you obviously a had a great short break!! Posted 2 months ago
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  I'll have to go back! Posted 2 months ago
2. 1. NattyOne
    
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    Definitely, Kenya's lovely. Posted 2 months ago
  2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
      
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      What was your favorite park? Posted 2 months ago
    2. 1. NattyOne
        
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        Probably Samburu, although it's a bit of an unfair question, different species North & South of the equator. Never made it to either of the Tsavo's - the Masai Mara was fabulous, & I remember tenting in Amboselli, again wonderful - when elephants passed between the moon and our tent (never to be forgotten)!! The next morning there were army ants passing 1 metre from the tent flap!
        
        Samburu, but we were last in Kenya in 1986 so everything will be way out of date. The Shimba Hills Reserve was fascinating but that's down near Mombasa & I think there are still black Rhinoceros in the Nairobi National Park where we saw some of the Wildebeest migration.
        
        The Rift lakes will be much changed but were great for birds, visited Naivasha, Nakuru, Baringo & Bogoria, some in 1981! As you'll be aware the droughts & occasional inundations have changed just about everything.
        
        Probably not much use to you. Posted 2 months ago
      2. Thibaud Aronson
        
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        Sounds like it's time for you to go back then :) Posted 2 months ago
        
        NattyOne
        
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        You're probably right and we'll get relatively close later this year, all things being equal - Ethiopia, so right continent (;¬} Posted 2 months ago
        
        Thibaud Aronson
        
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        I look forward to seeing the photos! Posted 2 months ago
        
        NattyOne
        
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        Thanks Thibaud. Posted 2 months ago

The Long-tailed paradise whydah

The long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah is a small brown sparrow-like bird of Eastern Africa, from eastern South Sudan to southern Angola.

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Similar species: Passerines

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Mar 20, 2023. Captured Mar 4, 2023 01:38 in 6G9W33V6+45.

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Canon EOS R6
f/13.0
1/1000s
ISO3200
500mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.