Red Collared Whydah

Red Collared Whydah

The Red Collared Whydah

The Red Collared Whydah, so called due to the red band around his neck, is found across Southern Africa.

A hunter wrote this around 1880:-

“It is fond of haunting large reed-beds, from which it does not seem to wander far; indeed, it is so shy that one is rarely able to get a shot at it”

Well shame on that man, thankfully times have changed since then!

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