Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusEuplectes (Bishops and Widowbirds)
- SpeciesEuplectes afer (Yellow-crowned Bishop)
Closest Relatives at Doñana National Park
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Spotless Starling
Sturnus unicolor
European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Great Tit
Parus major
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 7 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 18 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 20 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-crowned Bishop in Doñana National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Yellow-crowned Bishop sighting in Doñana National Park, based on 38 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-crowned Bishop in Doñana National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-crowned Bishop in Doñana National Park in our monthly data.