Africa’s remarkable long tailed birds
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2013
The amazing Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of Papua New Guinea sports the longest tail in proportion to body size of any bird in the world. These large seedeaters (belonging to the weaver family) are so named for the generally black plumage of the adult male, resembling a widow in mourning. Widowbirds. Sugarbirds.
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