The Straw-Tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri) is an east African bird in the Viduidae family.

The Straw-Tailed Whydah is mostly black with a sandy-buff coloured forehead and crown. It has four long, thin, straw-coloured central tail feathers. Its beak and feet are pink-red.

Straw-Tailed Whydah

It grows to about 28 centimetres (11 inches) tall.

The Straw-Tailed Whydah is found in east African countries, such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It prefers natural dry savanna’s and grasslands.

Straw-Tailed Whydah

Straw-Tailed Whydah

Straw-Tailed Whydah

Photographer: Martina Nicolls

Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM