Straw-Tailed Whydahs in Central FL?

BekNazar · Post by **BekNazar** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:22 pm

Hi,

New to the forum. I bought a "pair" of straw tails last spring, well during the summer, the female molted out to be a very handsome male...
Since then, I have been looking for 2 females at all the shows and shops but have not found any.
Does anyone know of a breeder in central Florida???
Or anywhere in the US that ships?

Cheers,
Todd

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:33 pm

HI Todd, welcome to the forum.

Straw-tailed whydahs... that's a new one for me. Heard of the pin-tail whydahs though. They are beautiful birds. Where did you purchase your males? Perhaps they can direct you to a couple lonely hens??

BekNazar · Post by **BekNazar** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:11 pm

Hi,
Thanx for the reply.
I found them at a bird shop. They had never had them before and haven't
seen any since.... No luck there.
Here is an picture of one of my guys.

Cheers,
Todd

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:01 pm

its a beautiful bird todd

ken

cooltom28 · Post by **cooltom28** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:30 pm

these birds are also known as queen wydahs they are rare in the UK are all african bird in america captive bred as they dont import form the wild or do they get around this by importing via europe?

Post by **Hilary** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:49 pm

Neat looking birds! I don't know about Florida, but the following are a couple of breeders (of these whydahs) from around the country - maybe one of them will have a contact in Florida.

ksfinchman@yahoo.com
www.aspenleafaviaries.com
www.emeraldisleaviary.com

I've done business with Emerald Isle Aviary and had a really good experience.

Good Luck!

Hilary

BekNazar · Post by **BekNazar** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:45 am

Hi cooltom28,

I thought the Queen Whydah was the shaft-tailed whydah??

Thanks for the links!
I've already been in contact with one of them, they had none for sale....
Will check with the others.

Cheers,
Todd

cooltom28 · Post by **cooltom28** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:22 pm

as far as my knowledge goes thats correct what i put!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:56 pm

hi tom/todd
they are 2 different burds both from the vidua family

vidua regia is the queen or shaft tail whydah

vidua fischeri is the straw tailed whydah

ken

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