Euplectes progne / Long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne)

Wikipedia: Long-tailed widowbird Quelle: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Long-tailed_Widowbird_%28Euplectes_progne%29_male_...._%2846718360972%29.jpg

Beobachtungen

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Beschreibung

Systematik: Gattung Euplectes (Euplectes); Familie Ploceidae (Ploceidae)
Allgemein: The long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne), also known as the "Sakabula", is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.^[2] The species are found in Angola, Botswana, the DRCongo, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia.^[3] The long-tailed widowbird is a medium-sized bird and one of the most common in the territories it inhabits.^[4] Adult breeding males are almost entirely black with orange and white shoulders (epaulets), long, wide tails, and a bluish white bill.^[2] Females are rather inconspicuous, their feathers streaked tawny and black with pale patches on the chest, breast and back, narrow tail feathers, and horn-colored bills.^[2] [mehr]