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Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah female? (1 Viewer)

leon

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I am having trouble identifying this bird. As first glance one would think it is a Bunting because of the stripes on the head, but the stripes seem wrong.

I have looked at the females of the Indigo bird, but it has a white beak,
the female pin-tailed Whydah has a pink beak.

My guess would be a female Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah. (Vidua paradisaea)

Is there anything that I am missing?
 

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leon said:
My guess would be a female Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah. (Vidua paradisaea)

Is there anything that I am missing?

Well, apparently not! Your ID is correct. Bill and head pattern gives it away. As you said; V. paradisaea.
 
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