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Long-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes progne

Description:

This series could have been great if it wasn't so overcast, but can't always get our way! This is the same bird I recently got sotd with, but you would never know it by looking at these photos. Male has a long, black tail and red shoulder patches.

Habitat:

Sitting in tall grass along a creek in a grassland.

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1 Comment

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Looks a bit like my photos of this species

AshleyT
Spotted by
AshleyT

Phumelela Local Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 1, 2014
Submitted on Jan 17, 2014

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