Pin-tailed Whydah

HABITAT:
Pin-tailed Whydah frequents gardens and parks, savannah, grassland, scrub, bushveld and farmland.

RANGE:
Pin-tailed Whydah is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. This species has been introduced in Hawaii, but without great success. However, the species is present in Puerto Rico.

BEHAVIOUR:
Pin-tailed Whydah feeds mainly on seeds and insects. They forage is small groups with one long-tailed male and several females, and non-breeding youngs.
This bird forages on the ground by moving jerkily backwards on tarsi, and pecking quickly at disturbed ground. It often drinks at roadside pools