Rufous-tailed weaver, Histurgops ruficaudus, photographed at Ngorongoro Crater National Park, Tanzania, Africa. The photographer writes; "At our lunch stop in the crater, they were boldly begging from the many tourists."
Image: Dan Logen, 23 January 2010 [velociraptorize].
Nikon D2X, 24-85 mm lens at 85 mm, f/6.3, 1/200 sec
Question: This African mystery bird has lovely blue eyes. Can you name the species?
Response: This is a couple rufous-tailed weavers, Histurgops ruficaudus. These birds are monomorphic, which means that males and females look the same (to human eyes, anyway). These wide-ranging birds are endemic to Northern Tanzania, and are locally common in the Ngorongoro Crater National Park, where they subsidize their food by begging from tourists.
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