The long-tailed widowbird, also known as the “Sakabula”, 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, long, wide tails, and a bluish-white bill. When flying, male long-tailed widowbirds are readily visible due to their extremely long tails. Between six and eight of their twelve tail feathers are approximately half a meter long. The tail during flight display is expanded vertically into a deep, long keel below the male as he flies with slow wingbeats 0.5 to 2 meters above his territory.Info source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_widowbirdPhoto capture date & Location: 2017-12 Rietvlei Nature Reserve
