African Bird Club

Long-tailed Widowbird - Adult male in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Wanyoike Wamiti

Location

» Muruaki Location in Kinangop, Nyandarua, Kenya.

Country image taken

» Kenya

Date

» March, 2008

Equipment

» Nikon Coolpix E4800

Bird Species

»Euplectes progne - Long-tailed Widowbird

Bird Species (French)

»Euplecte à longue queue

Bird Family

»Ploceidae - Weavers, Malimbes, Bishops, Widowbirds, Fodies

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Large images of up to 1MB available on request for publication. Use this image, and all others by me, for publicity and education and acknowledge. This male was in command of oer 50 females though there were 2-3 other males coming into breeding plumage. He was somehow enjoying his new breeding plumage.