Exclamatory Paradise Whydah (Vidua interjecta)
About the Exclamatory Paradise Whydah
The exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah (Vidua interjecta) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in the Sudanian savanna region in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (extreme north only), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, and Togo. It was formerly considered conspecific with the related species long-tailed paradise whydah Vidua paradisaea of eastern and southern Africa, being originally described as a subspecies of it.
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Listed as recorded in Ethiopia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeatarecording
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