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Passeriformes / Viduidae / Vidua

Sahel Paradise Whydah

Vidua orientalis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (nopwhy1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Viduidae
Genus: Vidua

Subspecies (2)

Vidua orientalis aucupum

Senegal to northwestern Nigeria
Vidua orientalis orientalis

northern Cameroon and southern Chad eastward to southern Sudan, northern South Sudan, Eritrea, and western Ethiopia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (nopwhy1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.