Yellow-rumped Widowbird
Euplectes capensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusEuplectes (Bishops and Widowbirds)
- SpeciesEuplectes capensis (Yellow-rumped Widowbird)
Closest Relatives at Volcanoes National Park
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Ploceus xanthops
Strange Weaver
Ploceus alienus
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Slender-billed Weaver
Ploceus pelzelni
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Ploceus castanops
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-rumped Widowbird in Volcanoes National Park?
About 35% of visitor-days record a Yellow-rumped Widowbird sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 261 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-rumped Widowbird in Volcanoes National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-rumped Widowbird in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.