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Yellow-crowned bishop

Euplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.2 g to 14.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer)
Photo: luckyatabo · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-crowned bishop

Weight
14.2 g – 14.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.15src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the yellow-crowned bishop

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Yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer)
Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the yellow-crowned bishop live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-crowned bishop?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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. Four subspecies are recognised.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-crowned bishop” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-crowned_bishop&oldid=1334397832), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-crowned bishop endangered?

The yellow-crowned bishop is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-crowned bishop classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPloceidae
  6. genusEuplectes
  7. SpeciesEuplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Loxia afra, Loxia melanogastra

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Golden bishop birdEnglish
  • YCBIEnglish
  • GoudgeelvinkAfrikaans
  • የመስቀል ወፍAmharic
  • Bispe amarielloAragonese
  • texedor marielluAsturian
  • Жълтоглав тъкачBulgarian
  • bisbe grocCatalan
  • Teixidor dauratCatalan
  • snovač africkýCzech
  • Snovač NapoleonůvCzech
  • esgob euraidWelsh
  • NapoleonsvæverDanish
  • Napoleons-væverDanish
  • TahaweberGerman
  • Taha-WeberGerman
  • flavkrona teksbirdoEsperanto
  • Tejedor napoleónSpanish
  • Napoleón tejedorSpanish
  • Obispo coronigualdoSpanish
  • väike-kangurlindEstonian
  • مرغ کشیش تاجزردPersian
  • kultapiispaFinnish
  • WorabéeFrench
  • Euplecte vorabéFrench
  • Travailleur à tête jauneFrench
  • Easpag buí-choróntaIrish
  • Bispo de coroa amarelaGalician
  • žutokruna pletiljaCroatian
  • Napóleon-szövőmadárHungarian
  • Vescovo doratoItalian
  • オウゴンチョウJapanese
  • geltonvainikis aksominis audėjasLithuanian
  • NapoleonweverDutch
  • gulkronebispNorwegian
  • wikłacz słonecznyPolish
  • bispo-de-coroa-amarelaPortuguese
  • ArcebispoPortuguese
  • Золотистый ткачикRussian
  • Наполеонов бархатный ткачRussian
  • tkáčik nomádskySlovak
  • Napoleon biskupSerbian
  • gulkronad eldvävareSwedish
  • Napolyon PiskoposuTurkish
  • вайдаг золотистийUkrainian
  • 黃頂寡婦鳥Chinese
  • 黄顶巧织雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-crowned bishop

Other species in the same genus Euplectes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-crowned bishop?

An adult yellow-crowned bishop weighs 14.2 g – 14.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-crowned bishop endangered?

The yellow-crowned bishop is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-crowned bishop?

The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-crowned-bishop

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_crowned_bishop_2026,
  title = {Yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-crowned-bishop},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}