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Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer

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. Three subspecies are recognised.

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Photo credit: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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