Weavers (Ploceidae)
Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne) - HBW 15, p. 152
French: Euplecte à longue queue
German: Hahnschweifweber
Spanish: Obispo Colilargo
Other common names: Long-tailed Whydah
Taxonomy: Emberiza progne Boddaert, 1783, "Cape of Good Hope", South Africa.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- delamerei ( Shelley, 1903) - highlands of C Kenya.
- delacouri Wolters, 1953 - S DRCongo, S Angola and W & NE Zambia.
- progne ( Boddaert, 1783) - SE Botswana, E South Africa, W Swaziland and Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in breeding plumage having a bath Locality Wakkerstroom Biosphere Reserve, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp progne)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 October 2002 10 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A group feeding on the ground Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp progne)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 October 2002 10 years ago 17 sec 4 -
An adult male in breeding plumage displaying to females, and then flying to a post Locality Naro Moru, Kenya (ssp delamerei)
Brooke Clibbon 10 December 2002 7 years ago 34 sec 3.7 -
A male in breeding plumage preening itself Locality Wakkerstroom Biosphere Reserve, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp progne)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 October 2002 10 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A male in breeding plumage having a bath Locality Wakkerstroom Biosphere Reserve, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp progne)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 October 2002 10 years ago 15 sec 3.6 -
A male in breeding plumage perched on a fence Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp progne)
Keith Blomerley 14 October 2004 7 years ago 9 sec 3.4
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Displaying male in flight
Locality South Africa (ssp progne)
Dubi Shapiro 6 January 2011 2 years ago 4.9 -
Male in breeding plumage perched on a post.
Locality Naro Moru, Kenya (ssp delamereii)
Bruno Schmetz 8 December 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
A typical bird of Wakkerstroom area
Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 2 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a wire
Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 2 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on display flight
Locality Underberg, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 7 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A male in breeding plumage, perched on grass stems
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp delamerei)
Liam Hughes 22 May 2011 51 weeks ago 3.5
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A male calling, perched on a fence. 10:16am. Locality Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa
(ssp progne)
Charles Hesse 20 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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