Listen to the long-tailed widowbird
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About the long-tailed widowbird
The long-tailed widowbird is a bird in the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 32 g.
What does the long-tailed widowbird sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as euplectes progne voice. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) is a species of bird in the weaver family Ploceidae. The species is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia. The long-tailed widowbird is a medium-sized bird and one of the most common in the territories it inhabits. Adult breeding males are almost entirely black with orange and white shoulders ("epaulets"), long, wide tails, and a bluish white bill. Females are rather inconspicuous, their feathers streaked tawny and black with pale patches on the chest, breast and back, narrow tail feathers, and horn-coloured bills.
More from the family Ploceidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a long-tailed widowbird sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the long-tailed widowbird on this page, including its euplectes progne voice. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the long-tailed widowbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the long-tailed widowbird as “least concern”.
What family does the long-tailed widowbird belong to?
The long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Euplectes progne voice by Charles Hesse. – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q577664 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Long-tailed widowbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Mohanr53 at English Wikipedia – Public domain