bird · Passeriformes · Ploceidae

Yellow Bishop

Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called Cape Widow-bird, YEBI, Yellow Bishop (Yellow). Occurrence records of the Yellow Bishop are shared on GBIF from around 74 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Hottentots-Holland (1 614 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPloceidae

74reserves with records

9 355records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis) — Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 614
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	700
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	675
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	495
Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	434
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	429
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	425
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	323
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	310
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	287
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	269
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	265
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	231
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	205
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	204
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	202
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	201
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	198
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	147
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	142
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	124
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	121
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	115
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	106
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	90
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	84
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	76
Wildlife Paws SOSWildlife sanctuary	MP Mpumalanga	76
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	62
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	62
Greyton Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	57
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	52
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	49
Jonkershoek Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	46
Assegaaibosch Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	37
Mount Currie Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	35
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	34
Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Ceres Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	30
Botterblom Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	25
Modjadji Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	23
Witzieshoek NaturellereserweNature reserve	FS Free State	22
Haasendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	21
George Wildlife ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	20
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	18
Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	15
Coleford Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	13
Kamberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Cape Winelands Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve	WC Western Cape	10
BeaverlacNature reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	8
Phillipskop Mountain ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	6
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	LP Limpopo	6
Karkloof FallsNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	6
Monte Rochelle Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Salmonsdam NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Salmonsdam Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5

and 14 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 55 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 8 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 4 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Scientific name: Euplectes capensis
GBIF taxon: 2494099
Wikidata: Q1305603

More of the Ploceidae family

Southern Masked Weaver Cape Weaver Southern Red Bishop Red-billed Quelea Village Weaver Spectacled Weaver Thick-billed Weaver Red-collared Widowbird Long-tailed Widowbird Fan-tailed Widowbird Dark-backed Weaver Yellow Weaver White-winged Widowbird Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Scaly-feathered Weaver Red-headed Weaver Yellow-crowned Bishop Lesser Masked Weaver African Golden Weaver

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.