Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa(Chapin, JP, 1922)
English (US) Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
The Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua obtusa) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Viduidae (Whydahs and Indigobirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northern Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda, Kenya, and northeastern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vidua obtusa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
- Described by
- (Chapin, JP, 1922)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Steganura aucupum obtusa
- Described by
- (Chapin, JP, 1922)
- Type locality
- Luchenza, Nyasaland.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.43 p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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