Fan-tailed Widowbird

Fan-tailed WidowbirdBreeding males are black, with red shoulders and a long tail. Outside the breeding season, males and females are browner, and the birds feed on grass seeds and other foods.What does it look like?Breeding males are black with red shoulders and a very long tail. Nonbreeding males are browner with a shorter tail; females are brown with red shoulders.How does it live?Breeding males are black, with red shoulders and a long tail. Outside the breeding season, males and females are browner, and the birds feed on grass seeds and other foods.Outside the breeding season it may forage in mixed flocks. It mainly eats grass seeds and also takes insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.