| Pin-tailed whydah | |
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| male in breeding plumage São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Viduidae |
| Genus: | Vidua |
| Species: | V. macroura
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| Binomial name | |
| Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764)
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The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Vidua macroura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719988A132134939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719988A132134939.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.