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  • Yellow-crowned Bishop, 1 of 6
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    (c) Asrat Ayalew Gella, all rights reserved

  • Yellow-crowned Bishop, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) John G. Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) geavedder, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) David Beadle, all rights reserved

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    (c) David Beadle, all rights reserved

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Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer

Worldwide
1,433 observations
Group
Birds
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About

The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male adopts a distinctive yellow and black plumage, contrasting with the female's predominantly brown coloration. Three subspecies are recognised.

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