Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Euplectes

Yellow Bishop

Euplectes capensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Euplectes capensis angolensis

northern and central highlands of Angola
Euplectes capensis approximans

eastern South Africa (Knysna to Gauteng Province)
Euplectes capensis capensis

western South Africa to Knysna
Euplectes capensis crassirostris

South Sudan, Uganda, eastern and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, central Kenya and southern Tanzania southward to Zambia, Malawi, central Zimbabwe, northeastern South Africa, and central and southern Mozambique
Euplectes capensis phoenicomerus

highlands of southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon; Bioko
Euplectes capensis xanthomelas

Ethiopia

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.