Pintailed Whydah

A male Pintailed Whydah. When not breeding they do not have the long tail feathers. These birds despite being rather small are quite bossy and will chase other bigger birds away from the seeds that we put out for them all!

Alternate capture: http://365project.org/salza/365/2015-01-16

[Louise & Ken]

I love a photo like this...a bird in this case that I never heard of! Africa's big animals are so dramatic, a small bird can understandably be overlooked! Glad you photographed him!

[Nina Ganci]

awesome capture and timing
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[Rosie Kind]

He's lovely - Fav

[gloria jones]

Great capture...neat tail feathers

[Linda]

wow what a great capture

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Oh my, look at his long tail! And his bright red beak, too! Wow!

[Gillian]

Fabulous bokeh but unfortunately, for me, the bird is lost in all the background.

[KWind]

Such clarity! Beautiful shot.

[Susan C Clow]

Lovely image I love the muted green background, the bird with the long, long tail and the little delicate branches that are holding the bird. Big FAV

[Candace]

Wow such a tail!

[Therese]

fantastic capture!

[Debs Stott]

What an amazing tail and great that you got it all.

[Eric di Bosco]

Great capture. I'm sure you also know that they use other birds as hosts to incubate their eggs and raise their chicks?

[Sally Ings]

@ericdibosco in fact I didn't know that! I can understand it though since they are ready quite arrogant little birds.