Yellow Bishop
Euplectes capensis
Vleis. Breeding male all-black with yellow rump and shoulder-patch.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Non-breeding male resembles female but retains the yellow rump and shoulders. Female and immature have a dull-yellow rump; cf. also [Yellow-crowned Bishop]. Breeding male calls ‘skeet’ from the top of a tree and has an exceptionally sharp, high-pitched trilling song. Family groups or flocks (when not breeding) occur in vleis and marshy regions near streams in foothills and bracken slopes near montane forest and plantations. Displaying male makes audible wing flutters both at rest and in flight. At these times the plumage is puffed out, the yellow rump conspicuous.
Quick Facts
Size
15 cm - S
Names
A: Kaapse Flap
Z: umambathilanga
Ss: Thaha-Thekatshehla
G: Samtweber
Bird Family
Reed- and grass-loving seed-eaters, differing from other Ploceidae in that males are predominantly black when breeding, some with long tails. They habitually puff out their plumage in display. Non-breeding males and immatures resemble females, and can be very difficult to identify.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Family groups or 'flocks' (when not breeding) occur in vleis and marshy regions near streams in foothills and bracken slopes near montane forest and plantations.
