Breeding male © Loutjie Steenberg eBird S65136051 Macaulay Library ML 205814341
Female/nonbreeding male © Ian Davies
Nonbreeding male © Niall D Perrins
Breeding male © Maryse Neukomm
Female/nonbreeding male © Volker Hesse
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Breeding male © Raphaël Nussbaumer
Breeding male © H. Resit Akçakaya
Nonbreeding adult © Robert Bochenek

vitvingad vidafink Euplectes albonotatus

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Identification

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The breeding male is black with a pale blue bill, brightly-colored shoulder epaulets (chestnut in northeast Africa, yellow elsewhere), and diagnostic white wing panels that are most obvious in flight. The distinctive display is a slow butterfly-like flapping. The non-breeding male is buffy and streaky, but retains the shoulder epaulets and wing panel. The female lacks the wing pattern and has a pale unstreaked belly. Pairs and flocks are resident with local movements in open savanna, brushy grassland, swamps, and cultivated areas.

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