← Alle voëls – All birds
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Witvlerkflap
White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus
Familie / Family: Ploceidae
Spesienommer / Species number: 814
🏡 Bly hier – Resident
Hierdie voël bly die hele jaar by ons.
This bird lives here all year round.
Afrikaans
In die somer is die mannetjie swart met geel-en-wit kolle op die vlerke; in die winter is hy bruin soos die wyfie. Dit eet sade en insekte.
Waar by die skool? Kyk in lang gras en oop veld in die somer.
Wil jy weet? Die mannetjie kry elke somer nuwe swart vere – en verloor dit weer in die winter.
English
In summer the male is black with yellow-and-white patches on the wings; in winter he is brown like the female. It eats seeds and insects.
Where at school? Look in long grass and open veld in summer.
Did you know? Every summer the male grows new black feathers – and loses them again in winter.
