Shaft-tailed Whydah

Vidua regia - Veuve royale

Veuve royale
♂ adult plum. post breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Viduidés

  • Genus
    :

    Vidua

  • Species
    :

    regia

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 11 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 12 à 17 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Veuve royale
♂ adult plum. breeding
Veuve royale
♀ adult

Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia) is a species of bird in the Viduidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Veuve royale,
  • Viuda real,
  • viúva-seta,
  • Königswitwe,
  • királyvida,
  • Koningswida,
  • Vedova codafili,
  • vimpelstjärtad änka,
  • Spydhaleenke,
  • vdovka kráľovská,
  • vdovka královská,
  • Kongevidafinke,
  • viiripyrstöleski,
  • Pylstertrooibekkie (Pylstertweduweetjie),
  • vídua reial,
  • wdówka królewska,
  • Королевская вдовушка,
  • ミカドスズメ,
  • 箭尾维达雀,
  • vimpelstjärtad änka,
  • 箭尾維達雀,

Voice song and call

Veuve royale
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Veuve royale
♂

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Veuve royale
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