African Bird Club

Displaying Jackson's Widowbird - Adult male in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Andrew Self

Location

» Kenyan highlands

Country image taken

» Kenya

Date

» November, 2009

Equipment

» Fuji

Bird Species

»Euplectes jacksoni - Jackson's Widowbird

Bird Species (French)

»Euplecte de Jackson

Bird Family

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

Bird Group

Bird Status

» Near Threatened

Remarks

» at a lek, the alpha male mated with many females, this bird on the edge hardly got a look in.