Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Vidua obtusa (Chapin, 1922)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The broad-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua obtusa) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in woodland and acacia savanna habitat in Sub-Saharan Africa from Angola to Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. A brood parasite, it has a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being of least concern.
Wikipedia contributors, Broad-tailed paradise whydah; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:04:21.937702+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Vidua obtusa (Chapin, 1922)
- Name authority
- (Chapin, 1922)
- Common name
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Viduidae
- Genus
- Vidua
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyViduidae
- genusVidua Cuvier, 1816
- speciesVidua obtusa (Chapin, 1922)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Vidua. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Vidua maryae Payne, 1982 | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis Heuglin, 1870 | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens (Reichenow, 1883) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta (Grote, 1922) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura (Pallas, 1764) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata (Statius Muller, 1776) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Togo Paradise WhydahVidua togoensis (Grote, 1923) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zambezi IndigobirdVidua codringtoni (Neave, 1907) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vidua nigeriae (Alexander, 1908) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea (Linnaeus, 1758) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricola Payne, 1982 | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia (Linnaeus, 1766) | ViduidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=563670 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5BDB4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.