Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
The yellow-crowned bishop 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. Four subspecies are recognised.
- Scientific name
- Euplectes afer
- Family
- Weavers and Allies
- IUCN status
- LC