Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764) — also called Pin-tailed Widow, PTWH, Pin-tailed Widow Bird. Occurrence records of the Pin-tailed Whydah are shared on GBIF from around 210 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Rietvlei Nature Reserve (2 930 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernViduidae

210reserves with records

29 546records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	2 930
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 736
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 567
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 241
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 163
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 046
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	822
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	760
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	712
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	671
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	588
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	582
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	452
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	412
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	394
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	387
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	358
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	333
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	326
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	321
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	320
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	312
Sondela Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	307
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	307
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	306
Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	300
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	292
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	292
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	284
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	278
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	261
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	260
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	259
McGregor Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	244
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	234
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	227
Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve	GP Gauteng	224
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	220
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	216
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	214
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	195
Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	190
WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	190
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	188
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	183
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	178
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	176
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	165
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	164
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	163
Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	162
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	151
Marais DamNature reserve	GP Gauteng	146
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	141
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	135
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	130
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	129
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	129
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	129
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	127

and 150 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 62 reserves
Western Cape: 56 reserves
Gauteng: 29 reserves
Mpumalanga: 17 reserves
Eastern Cape: 14 reserves
Free State: 13 reserves
North West: 11 reserves
Limpopo: 8 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Viduidae
Scientific name: Vidua macroura
GBIF taxon: 2484628
Wikidata: Q908340

More of the Viduidae family

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Shaft-tailed Whydah Village Indigobird Dusky Indigobird Purple Indigobird

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.