Long-tailed Widowbird

© Warwick Tarboton/VIREO

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Female widowbirds prefer males with the longest tails, so sexual selection has led to these amazing feathers. Long-tailed widowbird, Euplectes progne. © Warwick Tarboton/VIREO. Republic of South Africa: Mpumalanga Province.

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Title: Long-tailed Widowbird
Creator: © Warwick Tarboton/VIREO
Location: Republic of South Africa: Mpumalanga Province

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

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