Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Breëstertparadysvink)

Vidua obtusa (863)

Zulu name: -

Other names: -

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Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/500 sec exposure F7.1 ISO 200
March 2010 Makuti, Zimbabwe Adult Male
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/500 sec exposure F7.1 ISO 200
March 2010 Makuti, Zimbabwe Adult Male
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/320 sec exposure F7.1 ISO 200
March 2010 Makuti, Zimbabwe Adult Male

Experiences with species

This was a bird I missed when walking in Miombo near Harare. The two guys at the front of the line saw it briefly as it flew across the path, the two of us behind them saw Miombo. The birds turned out to be high on testosterone and in full breeding plumage this time around, later in March than in 2008.