Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer - Euplecte vorabé

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

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,
gulkronad eldvävare,
黃頂寡婦鳥,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

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