ML723811 IBC 1562007
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- Age
- Not specified
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Media notes
Female Yellow-crowned Bishops in grass. The brilliant Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) is small species of Widowbird that like most species in the group is highly sexually dimorphic. Male Yellow-crowned Bishops are polygynous, building one or more woven nests attached to vegetation, or occasionally fence wires, usually near water. The males are highly competitive, fluffing their yellow backs and flying rapidly after other males, attempting to drive them away. The buzzing swizzling call and the flaring yellow feathers are used to attract the sparrow-like females to a nest. These female Yellow-crowned Bishops were perched on grass stems in a shallow pond, watching as the brilliantly-coloured, black and yellow competing males buzzed by. IBC scientific name: Euplectes afer taha. Date added to IBC: February 12, 2019.
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Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 31 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler
- Digitized
- 31 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler