White-winged widowbird / Spiegelwida (Euplectes albonotatus)

Wikipedia: White-winged widowbird Source: WIKIPEDIA Spiegelwida.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Euplectes (Euplectes); Family Ploceidae (Ploceidae)
General: The white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara.^[2] It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male's yellow plumage turns dark and he gains more white feathers, contrasting with the female's predominantly pale coloration. Three subspecies are recognised. [more]