Shaft-tailed Whydah Sex:Pair Can be nebulised in the

Can be nebulised in the presence of the birds/

• Via the drinking water: 5 g/l drinking water

physiological phase and breeding type

a c t i v i t y

Shaft-tailed Whydah Sex:Pair Can be nebulised in theA small whydah with a reddish orange bill and legs. The breeding male has buffy orange underparts and neck, a dark cap, and 17 centimeter long black tail feathers. The female and non breeding male have streaky upperparts and pale buffy underparts. Breeding males hold territories in dry thorn scrub, but form flocks with other seedeaters after breeding. The species imitates the song of the Violet eared Waxbill, which it parasitizes. Differs from the