Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer - Euplecte vorabé

Euplecte vorabé
♂ adult plum. breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Plocéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Euplectes

  • Species
    :

    afer

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 10 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 11 à 20 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Euplecte vorabé
♂ adult plum. breeding
Euplecte vorabé

Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Euplectes afer afer (Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan, DRCongo and nw Angola)
  • Euplectes afer strictus (c Ethiopia)
  • Euplectes afer ladoensis (s Sudan and sw Ethiopia to n Tanzania)
  • Euplectes afer taha (sw Angola, Zambia and sw Tanzania to South Africa)

Foreign names

  • Euplecte vorabé,
  • Obispo coronigualdo,
  • bispo-de-coroa-amarela,
  • Tahaweber,
  • Napóleon-szövőmadár,
  • Napoleonwever,
  • Vescovo dorato,
  • gulkronad eldvävare,
  • Gulkronebisp,
  • tkáčik nomádsky,
  • snovač africký,
  • Napoleons-væver,
  • kultapiispa,
  • Goudgeelvink,
  • bisbe groc,
  • wikłacz słoneczny,
  • Наполеонов бархатный ткач,
  • オウゴンチョウ,
  • 黄顶巧织雀,
  • 黃頂寡婦鳥,

Voice song and cries

Euplecte vorabé
♂ First year

Habitat

Euplecte vorabé
♀ adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Euplecte vorabé
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