Southern Red Bishop

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Southern Red Bishop at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Kruger National Park, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve and De Hoop Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Southern Red Bishop is most recorded in Western Cape (39% of records), Gauteng (25% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (15% of records), based on 5,769 iNaturalist observations. 72 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Southern Red Bishop on site or nearby.

Sightings of the Southern Red Bishop peak from Nov to Dec, based on 5,769 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.

The southern red bishop or red bishop (Euplectes orix) is a small passerine bird belonging to the bishop and widowbird genus Euplectes in the weaver family, the Ploceidae. It is common in wetlands and grassland in Africa south of the Equator. North of the Equator, it is replaced by the northern red bishop or orange bishop (E.