Breeding male - ML257881611 — Breeding male © António Gonçalves eBird S42186300 Macaulay Library ML 83138121

Female/nonbreeding male - ML257881481 — Female/nonbreeding male © Renato Bagarrão

Breeding male - ML78553791 — Breeding male © Teresa Cohen

Juvenile - ML257881891 — Juvenile © Pedro Ramalho

Molting male - ML78553771 — Molting male © Rogério Rodrigues

Breeding male - ML257881801 — Breeding male © Adam Riley - Rockjumper Birding Tours

Female/nonbreeding male - ML78553731 — Female/nonbreeding male © Luis Rodrigues

Breeding male - ML78553801 — Breeding male © Matt Brady

Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer

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Identification

Dumpy with a short tail. Breeding males are yellow apart from black throats, cheeks, belly, and wings. The female and nonbreeding male are similar; streaky and sparrowlike with a white eyebrow and throat. Found in wet areas with tall grass. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, now established in Iberia, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Gives dry, buzzing calls and a high-pitched “ts’ee”; breeding males also give an odd hissing song.