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White-winged widowbird or White-winged widow
Red-collared Widowbird in the final stages ...
The Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ...
Breeding male is totally black, except the red throat patch, and has very long ...
Had a completely unexpected surprise this morning at the feeder when this ...
The male is mostly black with a pronounced, curved tail.
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Provincial Nature Reserve
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Provincial Nature Reserve.
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Provincial Nature Reserve
The weather was cloudy and gray but I managed a few ok shots of this male in ...
This bird is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the ...
The quality of the photos is not great but they give an idea of how it looks in ...
Male has black plumage with yellow and white shoulder patch.
Injisuthi, Drakensberg, KZN
You can almost see the white wing flash in the first pic - which distinguishes ...
Male changing from non-breeding to breeding plumage.
Males are larger than females and acquire longer tails and striking black and ...
This series could have been great if it wasn't so overcast, but can't always ...
Took me forever to figure out what this bird was. She is just solid brown with ...
All blackish appearance, with yellow shoulders and white bill. This male seemed ...
black bird with long tail Apparently the red shoulder this bird is known for ...
Pity the flowers were so high that I couldn't get a nice shot of this birdie ...
Black bird with red and white shoulder marking and an extraordinary long droopy ...
Spotting #1500 :) The male is black with an almost 2 ft long tail. He has red ...
long tailed bird with buff nape and white belly
Brightly colored weaver in the widowbird ...
, including the Long-tailed Widowbird.
It is 10–11 centimetres long and has a thick conical bill. Breeding males are ...
, light brown wings. For me, I easily confuse them with females of some finches ...
The diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Adult males are glossy ...
It is 10–11 centimetres long and has a thick conical bill. Breeding males are ...