The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is highly sexually dimorphic in its breeding season, during which the male adopts a distinctive yellow and black plumage, contrasting with the female’s predominantly brown coloration.
Three subspecies are recognised of which the Napoleon bishop is local to Gambia. During the breeding season the male’s beak is black then the rest of the year it’s a light brown.
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