WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Vidua regia

Shaft-tailed Whydah belongs to Viduidae, within the order Passeriformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Shaft-tailed Whydah · Vidua regia — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Vidua regia
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Viduidae
Conservation record: LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source: Shrubland
Reported mass: 14.4 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.