Euplectes capensis (Yellow Bishop)

Yellow Bishop

Euplectes capensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto, macaulaylibrary.org & avocet.zoology.msu.edu.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis capensis	Frank Lambert	2019-10-20	Kwaa ttu camp, Swartland Local Municipality, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Malmesbury (South Africa) (80 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	512683 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Dries Van de Loock	2021-12-27	Kasisi Mission, Lusaka Province, Kafue (Zambia) (1100 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	745557 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis approximans	Charles Hesse	30-12-2009	Mt Sheba, South Africa (South Africa) (1700 m)	Calls (A) -	62275 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2017-09-17	Breede rivier, Wellington-Ceres road, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	call - [sono]	392497 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2017-09-27	South of Swellendam, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	call - [sono]	392499 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Faansie Peacock	2017-09-28	Kagga Kamma PNR, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (1100 m)	call - A male in breeding plumage just sitting in the canopy of a small tree, making this very high-pitched squeak. A water fountain in the background adds some noise. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	388304 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2017-09-17	Paarl Mountain area, Paarl, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	call - [sono]	392495 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2013-02-05	Tzaneen area, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	call - [sono]	280292 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis crassirostris	Hans Matheve	2021-12-27	Kasisi Mission, Lusaka Province, Kafue (Zambia) (1100 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	699856 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Robert Davis	2018-01-13	Lake Nzilu South south shore approach, Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (1400 m)	song - male, based on bright yellow rump patch and shoulders. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	401350 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Lynette Rudman	2018-08-20	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (650 m)	song - A very short snippet of a call by a male Yellow Bishop in non-breeding plumage in late winter from montane grassland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	431839 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Pamela C. Rasmussen	5 Jan 2011	South Africa: Mpumalanga; Kaapsehoop (-25.59, 30.77) , South Africa (South Africa) (1650 m)	song - quality: good	11810 avocet.zoology.msu.edu
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Paweł Szymański	2015-12-07	Babanki, Mezam, Northwest, Nord-Ouest (Cameroon) (2100 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	296100 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Lynette Rudman	2020-02-25	Makana Local Municipality (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (650 m)	adult, male, song - Male bird singing from a bush surrounded by grassland in the early morning in mid summer. Traffic sounds from the busy highway nearby were partially filtered out. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	534090 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2017-12-15	Mkushi farm region, Central province, Central (Zambia)	song - [sono]	398039 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Lynette Rudman	2018-11-03	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (650 m)	call, display call, male - A male bird in full breeding plumage sitting on top of a low bush and calling and then displaying. This sound clip is taken from a video I edited consisting of two videos of the same bird. The first part of the clip has the bird singing its thin high-pitched single-note call. Halfway through, his call speeds up and then two thirds of the way through he does the sizzling part of the display call three times. The bird was on a bush in the middle of a pan that had long grass. One female was incubating eggs in the middle of the pan of grass. The video with this sound clip can be seen on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xTTMPpwas4 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	441151 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	isaac kilusu	2020-11-16	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	603440 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Pamela C. Rasmussen	5 Jan 2011	South Africa: Mpumalanga; Kaapsehoop (-25.59, 30.77) , South Africa (South Africa) (1650 m)	song and calls - quality: good	11803 avocet.zoology.msu.edu
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	James Bradley	2020-03-12	Murungaru area, North Kinangop, Nyandarua County, Nyandarua (Kenya) (2400 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	537727 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	paulo kivuyo	2021-03-31	kikatiti, Meru, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1100 m)	adult, call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	634554 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Lynette Rudman	2017-11-04	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (650 m)	song - Male bird seen calling from a small shrub near a pan with long grass in Spring. The beginning of the sound clip has its single note call but towards the end it has the sizzling call and the male was fluffing out his yellow back feathers while doing this. playback-used:no	391713 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis capensis	Frank Lambert	2019-10-18	Cape of Good Hope NP, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (120 m)	adult, call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	512613 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis	Peter Boesman	2017-09-25	West Coast NP, Langebaan, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)	song - [sono]	392498 xeno-canto.org
Yellow Bishop - Euplectes capensis capensis	Frank Lambert	2019-10-20	Kwaa ttu camp, Swartland Local Municipality, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Malmesbury (South Africa) (80 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	512682 xeno-canto.org

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