Ann & Steve Toon / Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix) perching on bullrush, Northern Cape, South Africa, February

Richard Du Toit / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Martin Willis / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) displaying on a reed, Cape Town, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male displaying, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male with old and new plumage, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male on perch, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male on perch, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) female, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) male, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) female with small grass helm in beak, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) perched on cattail, Marievale, Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) perched on cattail, Marievale, Gauteng, South Africa

Bernard Castelein / Red bishop (Euplectes orix) Lake Baringo, Kenya

Tony Heald / Red bishop male {Euplectes orix} South Africa

Dietmar Nill / Red bishop female, Gambia, West Africa

Dietmar Nill / Red bishop male perched, Gambia, West Africa

Mike Read / Southern red bishop {Euplectes orix} male perched, Durban Botanical Garden, South Africa, November

Richard Du Toit / Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix) Western Cape Province, South Africa.