Yellow Bishop
Euplectes capensis
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Genus
- Euplectes
- eBird Code
- yelbis1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (6)
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Euplectes capensis angolensis
northern and central highlands of Angola
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Euplectes capensis approximans
eastern South Africa (Knysna to Gauteng Province)
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Euplectes capensis capensis
western South Africa to Knysna
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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
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Euplectes capensis phoenicomerus
highlands of southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon; Bioko
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Euplectes capensis xanthomelas
Ethiopia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.