Male Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus ) calls to the female by flapping his wings, hanging under his nest, so that she can come and "control" the construction of the nest... Namibia, Africa

ploceus velatus adult male stalk flap wings posing build nest to courtship behaviour nest back shot overview yellow namibia suspend ploceus january southern masked weaver ploceus velatus nobody adults males stalks flapping wings flaps wings flutter posed pose settlings settling constructed building comportment construction constructions built nesting nested parading parade parades seducing courtship behaviours seduce attractive seduction nests view from behind back view back views back sight back shots back sights overviews global sight global sights full length yellows hang suspended suspending hanging hung on hanging on least concern species with nobody stage of development individual organism locomotion motion reproductive behaviour animal construction colour southern africa africa ploceidae passeriformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota iucn red list of threatened species species weaver ploceus sp weaver bird passerine bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal