Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
About the Yellow Bishop
The yellow bishop (Euplectes capensis), also known as Cape bishop, Cape widow or yellow-rumped widow, is a resident breeding Afromontane bird species. This common weaver occurs in less arid vegetated areas, such as fynbos, moist grassland and bracken-covered valleys at altitudes from sea level to the Ethiopian Highlands.
A real field recording of the Yellow Bishop. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia · xeno-canto lists 50 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Black BishopEuplectes gierowiiprofile
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceusprofile
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillarisprofile
- Fire-fronted BishopEuplectes diadematusprofile
- Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoniprofile
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progneprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.