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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

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??

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

its a beautiful bird todd

ken

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?

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

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

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

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