Summary ²

The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

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1. (c) Tarique Sani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124448383@N01/4732097271
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidua_macroura

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