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Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer

Status

Category: Not in any BOURC category

Native Range

Africa. Scattered and discontinuous throughout sub-Saharan Africa with the largest cohesive populations in western Africa (Senegal to Ghana) and eastern South Africa.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 16 records as at end 2024. Map Here

Landguard Bird Observatory, Suffolk, recorded one on 27th September 2008

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Sources

https://www.lbo.org.uk/systematic-lists/systematic-list-of-escapes/