6-712: [REDACTED] Look up whydah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whydah may refer in English to: Whydah, one of a number of species of birds in the family Viduidae , also called indigobirds Whydah Gally , a ship captained by pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy that was wrecked in 1717 and was discovered in 1984 Whydah (1797 ship) The Whydah , 2017 nonfiction children's book Ouidah , city and colonial fort in present Benin Kingdom of Whydah , which included Ouidah but
12-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Viduidae Vidua Anomalospiza The indigobirds and whydahs , together with the cuckoo-finch , make up the family Viduidae ; they are small passerine birds native to Africa . These are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. The birds named "whydahs" have long or very long tails in
18-401: The village indigobird is usually found with red-billed firefinches . Indigobirds and whydahs imitate their host's song, which the males learn in the nest. Although females do not sing, they also learn to recognise the song, and choose males with the same song, thus perpetuating the link between each species of indigobird and firefinch. The nestling indigobirds mimic the unique gape pattern of
24-409: The breeding male. All are obligate brood parasites , which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finch species; most indigobirds use firefinches as hosts, whereas the paradise whydahs choose pytilias . Unlike the cuckoos and honeyguides , the indigobirds and whydahs do not destroy the host's eggs. Typically, they lay 2–4 eggs in with those already present. The eggs of both the host and
30-400: The victim are white, although the indigobird's are slightly larger. Many of the indigo-plumaged species named "indigobirds" are very similar in appearance, with the males difficult to separate in the field, and the young and females near impossible. The best guide is often the estrildid finch with which they are associating, since each indigobird parasitises a different host species. For example,
36-519: Was headquartered in Savi Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Whydah . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whydah&oldid=1243305704 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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