A pious, eye-piercing bird, who wears his precocious yellow jacket, peerless black waistcoat and mask with pizzazz – meet the yellow-crowned bishop!
A small gregarious bird covered in a striking yellow jacket separated by an ink-black sash wrapped tightly around his waist.
The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer), is a species of passerine bird in the Ploceidae family native to Africa south of the Sahara. 3.7 in length this bird is sexually dimorphic with observable characteristics of males becoming more apparent. During the breeding season, the male has distinctive golden yellow and black plumage. The color of his bill is black during the breeding season, being horn in color when he is not breeding similar to the female. His lower face is black, as is his throat, breast, and belly with a wide black collar on the back of his neck. He has a brilliant yellow crown, forehead, and hind crown. There is also a yellow patch on the shoulder, with the rump and back are yellow. His legs and feet are pinkish-brown. His wings and tail are brown.
