Back Kaapse flap Afrikaans اسقف اصفر ARZ Euplectes capensis Bulgarian Bisbe sedós Catalan Euplectes capensis CEB Gweddw dinfelen Welsh Samtweber German Euplectes capensis Spanish Euplectes capensis Basque مرغ کشیش زرد Persian
| Yellow bishop | |
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| Male at Aberdare Range, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Euplectes |
| Species: | E. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Synonyms | |
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Loxia capensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The yellow bishop (Euplectes capensis), also known as Cape bishop, Cape widow[2] or yellow-rumped widow, is a resident breeding bird species in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
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 b BirdLife International (2016). "Euplectes capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719200A94617160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719200A94617160.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Euplectes capensis (Yellow bishop, Cape Bishop, Cape Widow, Yellow-rumped widow)". www.biodiversityexplorer.org. Archived from the original on 2010-10-04.