whydah

/ˈ(h)wɪdə/

Etymology

Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

whydah means Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.

noun

Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.