Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male perched in flowers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in display flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in breeding plumage, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) male perched in tree, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male displaying, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male in flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) male displaying in flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa, January.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) male displaying in flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa, January.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed Widowbird (Eupletes progne) in flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male flying, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male displaying showing long tail feathers, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male displaying showing long tail feathers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in breeding plumage, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in breeding plumage, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) flying male, Marievale, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) side view of a male flying, Marievale, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Male Long tailed widow bird {Euplectes progne} Marievale, South Africa

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) flying, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in display flight, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Jamie Unwin / Tracking shot of a Long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) male performing mating display in the morning. The bird flies low over the savannah grassland. Laikipia county, Kenya. May.

Jamie Unwin / Long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) male ruffling its feathers while perched on a bush during the morning, Laikipia county, Kenya. May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Two Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) males in breeding plumage, perched in tree top, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Guy Edwardes / Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) male perched on branch. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Bernard Castelein / Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) male in display flight. Allahein River, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) male perched on branch. Allahein River, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) male perched in tree. Allahein River, Gambia.